Oddbean

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 I think you possibly have a very naive impression that energy production and regulation isn’t totally controlled by the very people it’s advertised as “keeping under control.”

Read about Bootleggers and Baptists, and then remember that to make sure you don’t become a Baptist.

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 you have a really weird habit of reading into what people say.

i didn't say a single thing about who controls energy production and regulation...?

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 Then I don’t understand what your comment was referencing. I assumed the context was about needing state control, and you were giving an example of where it was necessary. 

Maybe expand on the context of what you mean, because I still can’t come up with anything else.

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 All I said is that when you have socialists and libertarians,
trying to agree on how to do energy production and regulation,

there's going to be conflict.

the rest was all you.

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 Well I was just answering what I thought you were addressing in the absence of a direct explanation. I clearly misunderstood, but it’s nothing to get bothered about.

Also you should still check out bootleggers and baptists if you haven’t before. It’s the most important framing for political incentives, imo.

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 its hard enough to have conversations online
speaking to "oh what you're really saying is" 
is not generally useful or productive

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 lol, dude you gave no explicit context and as you said, its hard to understand what someone means in text sometimes. If you gave no explicit context then my only means is to assume which part of my post you are responding too. 

but now you've spent 3 additional comments just complaining about it. Don't know what has you so fixated on this but hope you have a good day anyway. Later

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 I wouldn't have said anything if every conversation I've had with you for years hadn't gone exactly the same way.

also
replying to say the other person is wasting time replying 🙄

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 never successfully had a conversation with this guy that didnt digress into some idea of what he thought i must be really saying... 

stick with the words.
the rest is mostly your imagination based on personal viewpoint.

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