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I'm as anti-regulation as anyone here, but the government should protect its citizenry from harms that are not always obvious or easy to resist. That's why we r

I'm as anti-regulation as anyone here, but the government should protect its citizenry from harms that are not always obvious or easy to resist. That's why we regulate highly addictive and harmful substances. > teach the younger and more impressionable members of our society how to moderate tech use. You're talking about the "young an impressionable", the most vulnerable members of our society. You can't just "teach" them how to moderate: they wouldn't listen nor agree with your reasoning. I can understand a principled position against all regulation (even though the Chinese government is very happy to regulate away any American companies trying to compete in the Chinese market) but let's not pretend we can solve this with zero regulation and just some well-phrased web pages explaining why Tik Tok is bad, mmmkay?

Dracophoenix 4y ago
> You're talking about the "young an impressionable", the most vulnerable members of our society. You can't just "teach" them how to moderate: they wouldn't listen nor agree with your reasoning. The "young" won't stay young forever. They have to learn how to moderate themselves at some point. Impressionability isn't directly related to age, but to lack of experience. An 21 year-old can be just as hooked on Tik-Tok as a 13 year-old.
swayvil 4y ago
Anti-regulation could also be put, "society must remain fractured. The actions of the left hand must remain hidden from the right hand". A unified society sounds pretty good to me. Pitting one half against the other half is pretty bad.