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People stopped smoking because it's kinda gross, not because of propaganda. Look how much more government propaganda has gone toward eliminating alcohol, weed,
by wakawaka28 2y ago
People stopped smoking because it's kinda gross, not because of propaganda. Look how much more government propaganda has gone toward eliminating alcohol, weed, and other drugs. People STILL use those drugs, and in some respects they are more popular than ever.
A social credit score only works in an authoritarian regime where you can be hauled off for even slightly criticizing the government. We certainly don't want to resort to anything like that for any problem, as the "solution" is worse.
- mike_hearn 2y agoAlcohol consumption has been falling amongst the young and cigarettes were once considered very fashionable, not at all gross. It was the public health campaigns around lung cancer that changed things.