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![BasedMikeLee Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::1551266822460162051.png) Mike Lee [@BasedMikeLee](/creator/twitter/BasedMikeLee) on x 601.7K followers
Created: 2025-07-08 15:24:19 UTC

The British government paid people in India for dead cobras, hoping to control the cobra population 

People responded rationally—by breeding cobras, thus *increasing* India’s cobra population

Government encourages what it rewards & often rewards dangerous behavior


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