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 Europe isn't that gunless but there are often certain requirements depending on the country. 
 and it is fair because there are lots of idiots that don’t know they are idiots, just like on Nostr… 
 It's like with everything … 
 yeah.

there’s the people that are idiots that know they are idiots: they don’t do anything

and then there’s the idiots that don’t know they are idiots or don’t care: they are dangerous because they will fuck things up for themselves and others

another example is the HWW industry…

a bunch of companies cut corners to the point where you could make a “most incompetently developed hww” marketing video and people would believe it

you could also make a “most secure hww” and they would believe it 
 People are better off buying a HWW off a random npub on nostr that isn't backdoored at all. 
 79% of people are idiots, regardless of the country they live in.