Why? All you have to do is read through an HN thread on some financial product with high risk, say interest-only mortgages, to learn that if you give people fr

Why? All you have to do is read through an HN thread on some financial product with high risk, say interest-only mortgages, to learn that if you give people freedom to do what they want they’ll turn around and blame someone else when things go wrong. I agree that adults should be able to take whatever substance they want, but I also know that if we did that people who had negative experiences would then blame the media, sellers, their parents, the medical establishment, the internet, the courts, the FDA and anyone else for the consequences, except themselves. This is why we can’t have nice things.