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You do realise that things can evolve and thus become bigger problems than what they originally were, right? A few examples: * cars. They've been a thing sinc
by sofixa 4y ago
You do realise that things can evolve and thus become bigger problems than what they originally were, right?
A few examples:
* cars. They've been a thing since the late 1800s/early 1900s, yet they didn't become a problem until they were prevalent, forcing urban planning to accommodate them at the expense of everything else, and their pollution became a global problem.
* porn online: great for the consumers and producers, until it became easy to upload whatever one wants, bringing in a torrent of revenge and/or unconsenting content
* guns: groups of people having a rifle for self-defence/hunting is perfectly fine. Every random person having automatic rifles and pistols and shotguns with all the ammo they could want leads to unstable people going on murder sprees.
* Misinformation and targeted propaganda: yeah it was bad when your local newspaper was run by a piece of shit that lied for money/engagement/to further their own interests, but as we've seen today, it's drastically worse when anyone anywhere in the world can have their words heard and believed. We had ISIS recruitment, political meddling, serial murders and neo-nazi/adjacent terrorists all inspired by hateful words read anonymously online from faraway places (e.g. the piece of shit in New Zealand or the other one in Norway, or the Qanon idiots in Germany).
* AirTags: yes, stalking has existed for a long time, and tools to enable it have too. That doesn't mean that AirTags don't make it drastically easier to do so - it's something everyone has heard of, can easily pick up/buy, have an excuse for what it's for, etc. vs the harder, but still possible route of buying random hardware off AliExpress. Like suicides, access to guns make attempts easier and more lethal; most people won't put in too much effort.
Oh, and vigilante "justice" is something dangerous for everyone involved that shouldn't be encouraged. In the stealing back your car example, what if the thieves saw that, and opened fire? Is anyone seriously willing to die over a car?