baptists & bootleggers

Keeping an eye on the broader game I was listening to Lex Fridman’s interview of Marc Andreesen, which was jam-packed with interesting discussion, and I picked up a new phrase for me: “Baptists and Bootleggers”. Essentially, the idea is that in any circumstance in which you see groups lobbying to regulate some activity, some seemingly disparate groups may share the underlying intentions of regulating said activity for some ulterior beneficial purpose, thus permitting them to work together....