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by polygamous_bat 1005 days ago
Do you also preach everyone to learn self-defense when they propose making mugging illegal?

No, in the best world we do both.

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Clicking radio button on a website is not at all comparable to learning self defense.

Also, front running is already illegal.

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/frontrunning.asp

> Clicking radio button on a website is not at all comparable to learning self defense.

However, stealing money is still stealing money.

> Also, front running is already illegal.

Great! Which means there are sometimes legitimate reasons to clamp down on "hyper-efficient" but socially negative actors.