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The question to me is, not how will Aussie teens fare without social media, but rather will they fare better using social media through the inevitable workaroun

The question to me is, not how will Aussie teens fare without social media, but rather will they fare better using social media through the inevitable workarounds compared to using the mainstream platforms that are now banned? Sometimes pushing networks underground results in greater danger and unintended consequences. We banned drugs a hundred years ago but they're still universally available and have gotten stronger and cheaper. Plus, impure drugs and black market violence leads to scores of avoidable deaths. We waged war on file sharing but I can still download anything under the sun with ease. And the increasingly clever and hardened networks that enable that also enable the sharing of vile materials. And we know that trying to suppress sex not only fails but results in unintended pregnancies and the spread of disease. It will be very interesting to see how young people adapt. But whatever the outcome, it's bound to involve fewer guardrails, less monitoring and less accountability than we see with the startups and megacorps that young people rely on today.

ANewFormation 2y ago
When drugs were banned they were increasingly being used everywhere. Vin Mariani [1], a wine loaded with cocaine, was not only the inspiration for CocaCola's original recipe of cocaine+kola nut, but was endorsee by countless upstanding individuals. Thomas Edison was among them - praising the drink for increasing his energy levels and helping him stay awake. Beyond this employers were giving it to workers to increase their productivity and more - we were basically turning into a nation of coke heads. Now long after its ban you can obviously still get it, relatively easily even, but it's relegated to the darker recesses of society, like the White House, and that is undoubtedly a tremendous improvement. Good is not the enemy of perfect. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vin_Mariani https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vin_Mariani
- standardUser 2y ago
  Drugs are currently being increasingly used everywhere, despite the endless fortunes spent, civil liberties curtailed and human beings caged. And drug bans aren't only not perfect, and staggeringly ineffective, their impact is well-documented as consistently resulting in the opposite of the supposedly intended outcomes. Defending the drug war? In this decade? Get real.

ANewFormation 2y ago

When drugs were banned they were increasingly being used everywhere. Vin Mariani [1], a wine loaded with cocaine, was not only the inspiration for CocaCola's original recipe of cocaine+kola nut, but was endorsee by countless upstanding individuals. Thomas Edison was among them - praising the drink for increasing his energy levels and helping him stay awake. Beyond this employers were giving it to workers to increase their productivity and more - we were basically turning into a nation of coke heads. Now long after its ban you can obviously still get it, relatively easily even, but it's relegated to the darker recesses of society, like the White House, and that is undoubtedly a tremendous improvement. Good is not the enemy of perfect. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vin_Mariani https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vin_Mariani

standardUser 2y ago
Drugs are currently being increasingly used everywhere, despite the endless fortunes spent, civil liberties curtailed and human beings caged. And drug bans aren't only not perfect, and staggeringly ineffective, their impact is well-documented as consistently resulting in the opposite of the supposedly intended outcomes. Defending the drug war? In this decade? Get real.