But it's not an individual problem! Me not doing drugs doesn't prevent me from being impacted by people who do, and the same goes for people who consume poisoned information sources.

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nverno 10 months ago | parent [-]

I mean, it's both right? It's easier to work on fixing policy if you're not a drug addict reading poisoned info.

	▲	mihaic 10 months ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Sure, it is both. And in this type of situations I think the more important one to tackle is the systemic one, so that putting the burden on the individual is made manageable. To give another analogy, if you want people to recycle, you need to create recycling stations in their area, and not force them to drive 50 kilometers to recycle a plastic bottle. That burden of infrastructure is on the government unfortunately in some part.
	▲	TeMPOraL 10 months ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		The individual solution is insufficient in this case. Once a problem like this becomes a strong signal at the level of population statistics, it means there's a systemic cause that's stronger than most people's willpower.