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		nine_k on Dec 23, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Regulators Shut Down Lending Platform (YC Alum) Le... The founding fathers gave a very fair warning: "The price of liberty is eternal vigilance". That is, a constant expectation of a threat from the environment, even if it's benign most of the time. So the park's elements are here by design.

cowpig on Dec 23, 2021 [–]

1. That is a spurious quotation[1]

2. Your interpretation of its meaning is, frankly, bizarre

[1] https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/ete...

zepto on Dec 23, 2021 | [–]

The idea that financial predators are by design, is indeed bizarre.

However the idea that they are one of the kinds of threat that a democracy needs to be vigilant against doesn’t seem bizarre in the least.

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