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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg Oct 19

    6 yo: Imagine if they banned sweets. Me: What would happen if the government banned sweets? 6 yo: There would be so many outlaws, so many master criminals.

    11:59 AM - 19 Oct 2018
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    38 replies 266 retweets 2,093 likes
      1. Denitza Tyufekchieva‏ @DenitzaPropy Oct 19
        Replying to @paulg

        When 6 yo understands free market theory better than the majority of grown ups with economic degrees ☝️

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      2. Grant Miller‏ @GrantM Oct 19
        Replying to @paulg

        amazing that your 6 y/o recognizes that prohibition is futile, undermines valuable laws and creates opportunity for the criminal underworld but this concept evades even our most educated officials.

        2 replies 0 retweets 17 likes
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      2. Joshua Voydik‏ @joshvoydik Oct 19
        Replying to @paulg

        Imagine if they banned tweets. Oh wait.

        1 reply 0 retweets 12 likes
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      2. Stingy Life‏ @_StingyLife Oct 19
        Replying to @paulg

        I'd sell sugar like it was cocaine

        1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
      3. Uncommon Criteria‏ @pedantic_hacker Oct 20
        Replying to @_StingyLife @paulg

        Hey, you cut my sherbet with heroin!

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      4. Paul O‏ @antic2000 Oct 20
        Replying to @pedantic_hacker @_StingyLife @paulg

        Underrated.

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      1. Gabor Cselle‏ @gabor Oct 19
        Replying to @paulg

        Paul that sounds like something you would say, and they tell me that by 6 yo they learn to mimic parents quite well.

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      2. timunderwood‏ @timunderwood Oct 19
        Replying to @paulg

        I asked my 6 yo about the economic and social consequences of banning sweets and he said “Dude, i’m six years old. The fuck would I know?”

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Rohit Gupta‏ @rohitgupta857 Oct 19
        Replying to @timunderwood @paulg

        That is still impressive

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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      1. Singularitybooks‏ @Singularitybook Oct 19
        Replying to @paulg

        6 yo: imagine if they banned tweets Jack: we’re the free speech wing of the free speech party 6 yo: what if someone disagrees with you. Jack: jk , we ban them 6 yo: I could duplicate this business. Wait for it

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      1. Sam Hlonyana‏ @MohauSam Oct 19
        Replying to @paulg

        Cute😂

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      1.  🚀 Pat‏ @patrickmuhi Oct 19
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        Funniest tweet ever didn't know you knew how to crack jokespic.twitter.com/Gho6zH0lJ8

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      1. fatih‏ @fatih_turkgenc Oct 19
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        Your kids are lucky

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      1. Laurence Ion‏ @laur_ion Oct 19
        Replying to @paulg

        I wish they would.. Sugar is cancer 😁

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      1. Lisa Randall‏ @lirarandall Oct 19
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        CSI. Dentistry

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      1. Marcelino Pantoja‏ @marcepntoja Oct 20
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        It happened before (e.g., Prohibition)

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      1. NULSKing‏ @NULS_King Oct 20
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        They already banned music piracy and then we have billions of pirates in the world.

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      1. Joshua Oster-Morris‏ @craftyc0der Oct 19
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        A natural born economist .

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