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How about taking some personal responsibility for your life? This shouldn't even be a consideration concerning adults.
by jonathanstrange 5mo ago
How about taking some personal responsibility for your life?
This shouldn't even be a consideration concerning adults.
- macintux 5mo agoIt's clear by now that the societal impact is significant. I can banish all the social networks from my life and they'll still be corrupting the political process, promoting divisive content, etc.
- actionfromafar 5mo agoI assume you are also for heroin vending machines at every school corner if you watch a 30 second ad slot. You don't have to use them, you know.
- jMyles 5mo agoYour extreme example of a policy regarding distribution of heroin is far from perfect, but also far better than prohibition, which has visited upon the world more death, disease, crime, and cartel enrichment than perhaps any other policy in history. But surely we can do better than either of these extremes.
- jonathanstrange 5mo agoNo, but I'm not against selling alcohol and fast sports cars to adults, for example. I'm not very fond of a nanny state that prohibits almost everything to adults "for their sake" and because the government knows so much better.
- rootusrootus 5mo agoIt is somewhat more challenging for the vendor selling alcohol or sports cars to manipulate your thinking, so the analogy is strained.
- jonathanstrange 5mo ago[citation needed]
- rootusrootus 5mo ago> This shouldn't even be a consideration concerning adults. Ban the boxes for kids
- jonathanstrange 5mo agoI was replying specifically to someone who insinuated that all social media (or, at least, all supposedly addictive social media) should be banned for everyone, including adults. To me, it's a matter of personal freedom that they shouldn't be banned for adults.