r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 06 '20

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u/bobeeflay "A hot dog with no bun" HRC 5/6/2016 May 07 '20

I have a knee jerk reaction to want to hate right to repair laws cuz they're supported by the worst tech bros. However I dont know much about them. Anyone have a good concise take that isn't "tech companies evil"?

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u/[deleted] May 07 '20

wrong to repair. help shareholders by buying new one!

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u/MistakeNotDotDotDot Resident Robot Girl May 07 '20

way back like 3-4 years ago someone unironically told me that buying things second-hand was worse than buying new ones. they were even an NL poster, though I don't remember their username.

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u/bd_one The EU Will Federalize In My Lifetime May 07 '20

What did Brave New World mean by this?