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Not just heroin dealers: contract killers also benefit society according to this logic. They're in business, their customers give them money for a service the
by shiroiushi 2y ago
Not just heroin dealers: contract killers also benefit society according to this logic. They're in business, their customers give them money for a service the customers think is valuable, etc. They may not benefit you directly, and may make your life worse (if you're their target), but bruce thinks they're fine since they do "useful" things and have paying customers!
- Two4 2y agoContract killing is not analogous to tobacco companies. Both big tobacco and heroin dealers base their business on the exploitation of addiction, and are a nett detractor of societal value in all ways except one: creating shareholder value. Strangely enough, I do actually think there's a time and a place to kill, but that's not the norm for hired killers.
- bruce511 2y agoYou're comparing legal to illegal. That's kinda moving the goal posts a bit. By definition illegal things are things society as a whole have declared impermissible. By contrast cigarettes and advertising are legal, meaning that society has determined them to have value. Not surprisingly illegal things still happen because there is still demand by some minority for that service. Society as s whole though has decided that the negative effect on others outweighs the positive effect on the few.
- shiroiushi 2y agoSo you genuinely believe that cigarettes "have value"? You have some warped views if you believe that.