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angersock on Nov 6, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: How Apple sidestepped a 2013 crackdown on its Iris...

> I think it's an unfair burden to place on a population.

If the population is unable to read the code that is used to relieve them of wealth, something is off--in both their own ignorance and in their inability to appoint people they trust to handle that for them.

komali2 on Nov 6, 2017 [–]

Given that it's the government's responsibility to educate its populace, wouldn't it then be the government's responsibility in the end?

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