> "America defaults to free. That's very unsettling for those that an authoritarian approach."

The least insane general position is to always ask "Free for who to do what?"

Freedom for you to try cocaine if you want? Ok, let's consider it, but let's have a serious discussion about public health and safety first because there are predictable public consequences to broader society.

Freedom for someone to put cocaine in your food without telling you? No, that's just actually a brain-dead, immoral position.

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butlike a day ago | parent | next [-]

Why is cocaine in food bad but refined sugar is fine?

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BugsJustFindMe a day ago | parent | next [-]

Ignoring societal conversations about the relative merits of sugar vs cocaine, you appear to have skipped/missed/ignored/misunderstood some very important words in my comment, and it has caused you to believe that I said something I did not say.

I did not say "putting cocaine in food" is bad.

I said "putting cocaine in your food without telling you" is bad.

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autoexec a day ago | parent | prev [-]

We've decided sugar is less harmful. It's also more useful in food than cocaine which would only be there to turn people into addicts. I'm inclined to think that if companies went around adding cocaine to food to make it more addictive the way they do with sugar society would be much worse, so it seems reasonable enough. If there's data somewhere that would suggest cocaine would be less harmful than sugar though I'd be open to taking a look at it and changing my mind.

	▲	BugsJustFindMe 11 hours ago \| parent [-]
		You've engaged with a straw man and allowed it to gain false legitimacy. Debate on the subjective merits of cocaine vs sugar is a complete derailment in a conversation about whether tricking people is ok.

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tiahura a day ago | parent | prev [-]

The general proposition is that the default for freedom is strongest regarding communication.

	▲	BugsJustFindMe a day ago \| parent \| next [-]
		"Communication" includes things like fraud that are understood to be inherently harmful to other individuals and also to society at large and for which there are no sane or moral defenses. So, no, there is no default position for "communication" without further qualification.
	▲	carljungslabtek a day ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Using dark UX patterns to get people hooked on your product isn’t “communication”. The product may contain communication but nobody is saying instagram and facebook shouldn’t be able to exist as communication platforms.