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Over 1100 characters to make the case for bigger, centralized government controls... why do so many people defer to the judgement of (distant) others?

In point of fact, your statement "Besides, your hand waving that any issues with the marketized fantasy system can be solved by just giving those who fare badly more money to buy goods on the market isn't implementable without a detailed policy plan on how some agents in the system will successfully monitor the needs of those who fare badly" is really the whole sticking point for authoritarian, centrally managed government controls, and for redistributionism policies generally.

It seems to me that the overwhelming complexity of the rulesets used to cobble together a resultant "code" of (behavior, equality, opportunity, etc.) is a barrier to compliance at best, and at least a guarantee of ignorance as to what's actually in the "code"

I think the take away here should be that central government controls (of any kind) are exceedingly difficult to enforce evenly... but politicians like getting re-elected.

Today, we are hearing reports of six (6) individuals losing their life, ostensibly as a result of "vaping." Never mind the fact that they all consumed black market THC cartridges and / or used dabs before getting sick... and never mind the half million (500,000) people who die every year in the USA because of cigarette smoking, "let's ban all flavored vape products to keep young people safe."

But these weren't kids succumbing to deceitful advertising by law abiding companies that sell a heavily FDA regulated product with a kid-friendly flavor... Seems like someone has been biding their time, waiting for any opportunity to earn their Big Tobacco lobbyist money... and although the government controls were in place to prevent such a tragedy, the laws apparently only apply to people who choose to obey them, shocker! There will always be a black market

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