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handpeople 4 points ago +4 / -0

Over the top. This is the most outrageous thing I have seen come from this.

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wethedownvoted 3 points ago +3 / -0

So here's a perfect example of Hayek's road to serfdom in action:

  • Government exerts political power over the economy, shutting down non-essential businesses
  • Hybrid businesses, those with both essential and non-essential functions, are able to continue operating. In this case, shops carrying only non-essential items were shut out of the market.
  • Government expands its power, directing not only who can sell, but what can be sold.

It's textbook: government action produces error leading to expanded power to correct the error.

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