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		sukilot on Aug 13, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The cult of the free must die "This idea works better the more people do it" it the most milquetoast criticism ever.

simonh on Aug 13, 2020 [–]

It doesn’t work at all until a lot of people do it. Below a certain, fairly high threshold all the contributions achieve essentially nothing.

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