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Freedoms are fine until companies are doing whatever they can to make something so addictive it's near impossible for someone to quit without suffering or spend
by dawnerd 6y ago
Freedoms are fine until companies are doing whatever they can to make something so addictive it's near impossible for someone to quit without suffering or spending lots of money.
It's not just a someone choses to smoke. It's they got hooked, usually by deceptive advertising or peer pressure.
Are you also against seatbelts? The police? Building codes?
- BitwiseFool 6y ago>"Are you also against seatbelts? The police? Building codes?" Obviously not, but those are different arguments about the concept of "freedom" and government regulation. A more relevant comparison would be about outlawing trans-fats, regulating the size of soda, portion sizes, flavored e-cigs, etc.
- dawnerd 6y agoThey're not really though. We should regulate those as well as companies are also using those to cause addition. I'm even saying that as a fat dude.