𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐚𝐭. JD Vance called big tech begging for AI oversight a Trojan horse. He pointed directly at the machine. When incumbents demand government intervention, they are not protecting the public. They are protecting their lead. Compliance has a price tag. Startups building local models cannot afford infinite legal review. If the rules require a trillion-dollar balance sheet to play, the market freezes. The monopoly never has to compete with the garage again. The real risk is not open source AI. The real risk is a closed ecosystem enforced by the state. The strongest moat you can build is a law you helped write. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. #AI #Systems #Incentives #Power #Technology