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hardwonjay9877··on Why Socialism? (1949)
Rights and ownership are defined and maintained by a state. A state is a monopoly on violence, not by right but by power. In other words, power precedes rights and ownership.

Additionally, capitalism is defined by relations to capital, not by relations to mere property. Big difference.

hardwonjay9877··on Just 23% of Americans Know the US Has Failed to Pass an Internet-Era Privacy Law
> I don’t think more regulation is guaranteed to have meaningful impact in practice

"Guaranteed?" Of course it's not "guaranteed." What would that even mean? Obviously we would have to debate that once the legislation is drafted. Seriously what are you even talking about? Why does your comment exist?

Why is HN so full of these stuffy comments that read like press releases authored by an LLM?