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> Whereas the software industry, with near zero government involvement, has had enormous improvements in function and has pushed the cost to literally zero.

What's most frustrating about this-- just take the poultry industry. To bring the cost to zero, all it would take is a single hacker to steal one government-regulated chicken and click "Copy" in its elusive little context menu[1].

Try telling that to a young person today. If you're like me you'll get the so-called "Gen Z Stare" in response.

1: Assume a 2d chicken.

>>jancsi+(OP)
Sorry, but I'm completely lost on the chicken point. Would you mind expanding on that just a little more? Is the gov't keeping secret vat-grown super-chickens?

>>Dilett+3k
I think they're implying that software is completely unlike healthcare or chickens. One can be multiplied for free but the others cannot, no matter if regulated or not.