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Last I checked, Minnesota had the largest population in the lower 48. I personally see them all the time.

I think people have to get more serious about separating science as a procedure from scientism (that is, philosophical issues that are often discussed in tandem). When one uses the phrase, “science denier”, it often means, “you don’t agree with my philosophy/metaphysics/economic policy” rather than “you deny these particular facts”, which causes people to be rightly concerned. I’m not optimistic that this is going to change anytime soon, but this, I think, accounts for many of the issues in current discourse.

> They stalk you, collect data and build a profile

Again, not generally a problem when using paid services.

Dumping chemicals in shared rivers/air vs placing ads in a privately owned space that users have the option of visiting. Not comparable.

The fact that more people use Gmail than Protonmail / others is a testament to their willingness to trade their eyeballs on ads for a service they don't have to spend their monetary resources on.

It's also worth asking - what makes you so confident about an absence of malfeasance from the largest, unbreakable corporate entity (ie. the government)?

Leaded gasoline and the Internet are hardly comparable. But go ahead and make straw man arguments.

...we’re talking about public libraries.

We’re going to see a lot of those plot elements in the near future.

Somebody has no sense of humor...

> I’m surprised that free market enthusiasts don’t see zoning laws as a limitation of freedom

We do.

It isn’t funny when your opinions get categorized as hate speech and it’s your ox getting gored.

@subhobroto Today is when you learn that facts and reality are not popular on HN.