Imprisoned for Your Safety
&gt; This is a world that has nearly ended the manufacture of private aircraft that any individual with a private pilot&#x27;s license and enough money can purchase.<p>Did this happen due to legislation or market forces? I honestly don&#x27;t know, but that sounds like it could be that the author got priced out of the market. Where&#x27;s the legislative or legal connection here?<p>&gt; This is a world that feels compelled to pass laws requiring the use of seat belts and motorcycle helmets in the hope of protecting people who are too stupid to wear them otherwise.<p>People dying in auto accidents costs the government money in lost economic activity as well as things like medical care. I have a really hard time seeing how a helmet law, which if violated would result in what, a citation?, can be construed as overwhelmingly oppressive. This is pretty weak.<p>&gt; You are too stupid to speak in public or post on the Internet on any topic you judge to be important. We will tell you what you can and what you cannot say.<p>Care to provide specific examples of what you have tried and been unable to say because the government explicitly tells you not to? A lot of that has to do with the commercial mechanisms that keep the internet free for users too, it&#x27;s not like banning all regulation around the internet would magically make it a better place.<p>I still think American ISPs are doing a lot more to stifle innovation than legislation that keeps certain chemicals out of kids chemistry sets.