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Why would we care about competivity where it doesn't benefit society? Addictive social media and wealth accumulation actively harm society
by CorrectHorseBat 8mo ago
Why would we care about competivity where it doesn't benefit society? Addictive social media and wealth accumulation actively harm society
- hparadiz 8mo agoYou have fun with that. Lemme know how it goes.
- CorrectHorseBat 8mo agoWhat for an answer is that?
- ilikecakeandpie 8mo agoIt's not like it's going real well here in the U.S.
- meowface 8mo agoObviously one cannot simply accept any potential societal trade-off in favor of benefitting the economy, but going too far in the opposite direction eventually manifests as worse living standards for the average person, which is not beneficial to society.
- gzread 8mo agoHow does banning intentionally addictive media-feed apps (they are not social media, they are parasocial at best) make society worse?
- meowface 8mo ago"How does banning unhealthy food make society worse?" "How does banning unhealthy habits make society worse?" "How does banning harmful/hateful speech make society worse?" "How does banning things and, as a result, our economy stagnating, make society worse?"
- gzread 8mo agoPam Bondi suggested that it would be impossible to prosecute the pedophiles, because the economy would collapse. To which many people reacted: then let it collapse. You remind me of Pam Bondi.
- meowface 8mo agoExcept Bondi was wrong and I am right, and also letting the economy collapse actually would be really, really bad and saying things like that is something only children and economically illiterate people do. Also, most of the things I listed in my previous post had absolutely nothing to do with the economy. It's just that it's unethical and tyrannical for the government to dictate people's behavior in this way. "How is it unhealthy for the government to ban alcohol?" These statements would apply whether in a socialistic or fully neoliberal country.