Light Bulbs, for example.
Light bulbs are externally serious matter! So serious that the federal government has to regulate almost every aspect of using them. We are cannot be trusted to decide which kind of light bulb we prefer to use, and how to replace them when needed, and therefore those who cannot run a restaurant efficiently should use their monopoly on the means of coercion to make sure we are doing the right thing.
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