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Yeah it's similar to how Facebook is blamed for social malaise. Or how alcohol was blamed before that. It's always more comfortable for people to blame the thi
by jart 2y ago
Yeah it's similar to how Facebook is blamed for social malaise. Or how alcohol was blamed before that.
It's always more comfortable for people to blame the thing rather than the person.
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- InitialLastName 2y agoMore than one thing can be causing problems in a society, and enterprising humans of lesser scruples have a long history of preying on the weaknesses of others for profit.
- jart 2y agoEnterprising humans have a long history of giving people what they desire, while refraining from judging what's best for them.
- ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 2y agoAh yeah, fentanyl drug adulterers, what great benefactors of society. Screaming "no one is evil, its just markets!" probably helps people who base their lives on exploiting the weak sleep better at night. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_good https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_good
- jart 2y agoNo one desires adulterated fentanyl.
- ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 2y agoNo one has desire for adulteration, but they have a desire for an opiate high, and are willing to accept adulteration as a side effect. You can look to the prohibition period for historical analogies with alcohol, plenty of enterprising humans there.
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- harperlee 2y agoFentanyl adulterators, market creators and resellers certainly do, for higher margin selling and/or increased volume.
- potato3732842 2y agoThe traffickers looking to pack more punch into each shipment that the government fails to intercept do. Basically it's a response to regulatory reality, little different from soy wire insulation in automobiles. I'm sure they'd love to deliver pure opium and wire rodents don't like to eat but that's just not possible while remaining in the black.
- collingreen 2y agoThis is fine statement on its own but a gross reply to the parent.
- isaacremuant 2y agoWorse than enterprising humans are authoritarian humans who want to tell others how they should live, usually also exempting themselves from their rules. They also prey on the weaknesses of humans and social appearances to do things for a "greater good". There's a problem and we 'must do something' and if you're against doing the something I propose youre evil and I'll label you. The real mindfuck is that sometimes, an unscrupulous entrepreneur only has to play your "societal harm fighting" game through politicians and they get their way and we lose.
- PeeMcGee 2y agoI like the facebook comparison, but the difference is you don't have to use facebook to make money and survive. When the thing is a giant noisemaker crapping out trash that screws up everyone else's work (and thus their livelihood), it becomes a lot more than just some nuisance you can brush away.
- friendzis 2y agoIf you are in the news business you basically have to.
- itishappy 2y agoI think humans actually tend to prefer blaming individuals rather than addressing societal harms, but they're not in any way mutually exclusive.
- jplusequalt 2y agoMarketing has a powerful effect. Look at how the decrease in smoking coincided with the decrease in smoking advertisement (and now look at the uptick in vaping due to the marketing as a replacement for smoking). Malaise exists at an individual level, but it doesn't transform into social malaise until someone comes in to exploit those people's addictions for profit.