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Can broccoli compete with heroin? Why don't we offer people both and see what they like better? Let them compete! Give people choice!
by saubeidl 10mo ago
Can broccoli compete with heroin? Why don't we offer people both and see what they like better? Let them compete! Give people choice!
- CWuestefeld 10mo agoWho gets to decide where to draw the line?
- s1mplicissimus 9mo agoWell when I grew up in the early days of the internet, the plan was to have it decided by a democratically elected government that acts in good faith. Since that didn't seem to work I'm kinda out of ideas as well
- woooooo 10mo agoSetting aside the bad analogy, real people are much more likely to eat broccoli than to do heroin.
- saubeidl 10mo agoOnce they've had a taste of both?
- woooooo 9mo agoI am confident that the number of broccoli eaters exceeds the number of heroin users.
- saubeidl 9mo agoI would posit that is because many more people have had a taste of broccoli than of heroin.
- keybored 9mo agoYou would posit based on what? Defunct rats-pressing-pleasure-button studies? Many people have had "heroin" in the form of morphine in the hospital. They don’t turn into morphine-seekers. Addiction and pleasure seeking is more complex than having a taste and then being hooked forever. Of course many people can't get out of this Skinner Box type of mindset.