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> When do you say something is exploitation and when do you say something is personal responsibility or choice? This is not difficult. When one group is dispro
by intopieces 8y ago
> When do you say something is exploitation and when do you say something is personal responsibility or choice?
This is not difficult. When one group is disproportionately impacted by a net-negative outcome due to a product’s overuse, it’s obvious there is exploitation.
We can measure health outcomes. We can model when children’s brains have developed sufficiently to make choices. We can look at the documents the companies themselves drew up and understand very clearly their intentions to exploit people and leave them to die.
Accurately representing the truth is not enough. Humans are a mess of impulses and biases, not logical thinkers who act out of reason at every step.
- colechristensen 8y agoAt what proportion is an impact "disproportionate"?
- whatshisface 8y agoYou don't have to tease out the exact line that separates self-defense from murder to call Hannibal Lecter a murderer.
- colechristensen 8y agoIf it is obvious it does not need discussion, what about where it isn't obvious? You can't legislate what's obvious and ignore the middle.
- whatshisface 8y ago>You can't legislate what's obvious and ignore the middle. That is done successfully all the time. It's nice to have the legal boundary match the line exactly all the time, but if the line isn't known then there's no harm in placing the legal boundary on the conservative side as an interim solution while you work the details out.
- mises 8y ago> Accurately representing the truth is not enough. So what is? Even if not conned into it by advertising, people still might buy stuff that's contrary to their interest. This is backed by your own statement that humans are "not logical thinkers who act out of reason at every step." Witness narcotics as an example: the sinaloas have never run a prime-time tv ad, but sell plenty.