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JoshTriplett 3 days ago

> poisoning our citizens

*allowing our citizens to make their own choices about what they consume

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komali2 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Is that what happened with cigarettes?

Remember how pervasive cigarette ads used to be?

Human behavior is variable and can be influenced, even against our best interest.

At what point do we acknowledge advertising as a form of psychological attack that causes people to do harmful things they wouldn't otherwise do?

The government's role in this imo shouldn't be to allow corporations to try to convince people to hurt themselves and then to sell them things to hurt themselves with, but then turn around and restrict people's rights to slow down the self harm. Rather I believe the government should seek to annihilate corporations that try to harm the population.

Is not the implicit relationship between corporations, people, and government, such that corporations want to be allowed to exploit a population for profit in return for some nominal good, and the government allows that only so long as the good outweighs the harm?

Why not?

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eesmith 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

May I interest you in my ReVitaleZ water? Every bottle is energized with radium!

I've got a marketing campaign ready that will sweep the nation and convince millions to ReVitaleZ!

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nickpp 2 days ago | parent [-]

Oh, nothing like a little radiation fear mongering to convince the public they need government approval for every single drop of drink and byte of food we put into our bodies. It's for our own good, after all!

Meanwhile, years after the actual Radithor radium water [1] scandal, the very same government was merrily blowing up atomic bombs in open air, in the desert [2].

And even today there are crazy people around the world happily consuming radioactive gas in specially designed spas [3]. They should be locked up for their own good, the government always knows better!

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radithor

[2] https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/artbound/downwind-upshot-knot...

[3] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9073685/

	▲	eesmith 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Nothing like a snakeoil-monger bemoaning pesky government regulations with misguided exaggerating of the dangers of Big Government. I'm shocked the same government which supports global warming and mass species extinction, and which threatens to bomb "shithole countries" "back to the Stone age", has a less than perfect attitude about nuclear weapons. Shocked I say! Next I suppose you'll say that this same government hasn't clamped down hard on coal power plants which, in addition to their CO2 emissions, generates ash which destroys waterways, kills people, and is full of radioactive waste? I'm so glad our governments always know better than that! It would be a shame if food and drug laws were in place mostly because even rich people and politicians can't ensure their food and drugs are safe. It's time to take my protein powder supplements. I'm glad the government inspects every manufacturer so I don't have to worry about doing my own lead tests each time I buy some. Thank you Orrin Hatch for your diligence!