Catalyzt
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Mmm, I take your point, but I don't think NOTHING has changed. The move towards excess and illegality has progressively gotten more extreme, and this is a game we have played before-- in THAT sense, nothing has changed.
Illicit drugs are a great example. Weed might be contaminated with pesticide in the '80s, cocaine was sometimes cut with procaine or lactose or even meth, and acid might be weak, or poorly manufactured so the molecule resembled methamphetamine. Not good things... but basically, substances were usually what they were supposed to be-- they might be cut with stuff, but a limited range of stuff.
Now, weed could be contaminated with many other drugs (unless it comes from a dispensary in a state that has good inspection) and cocaine is very, very often contaminated with fentanyl, acid could be BromoDragonfly or some other ghastly research chemical, etc. The range of illegal and dangerous variants has exploded.
Kind of what has happened with eBikes. At first, it seemed like we had mostly class I, II, or III with a few kits that might exceed specs in minor ways... say, my front hub kits that really could do about 23 MPH w/ a throttle, or custom-built mid-drives that might do 30 MPH.
Now, again, the range of the illegal and dangerous variants is much greater. We have mail-order bikes that can go at highway speed, as well as having bizarre and dangerous electrical or battery issues.
