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inetknght on March 14, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Y Combinator urges the White House to support Euro...

> But it's somewhat hyperbolic to compare a mandatory cost that you have to pay to someone regardless, to being kidnapped.

It's not hyperbolic when you don't have a choice in who you're paying.

ben_w on March 14, 2025 [–]

There are many cases where I have no choice in who (or how much) I pay, that are not kidnapping.

Monopolistic practices are their own thing. Bad for very different reasons than kidnapping.

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