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the_common_man on June 11, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: I Don't Like Smartphones (2016)

I honestly don't think humans can control their urge. It's like surrounding kids with candy. At some point we have to regulate it for the greater good ( I think sugar should be regulated like tobacco )

s_y_n_t_a_x on June 11, 2019 [–]

The war on drugs failed, you want to go to war with everything else humans can abuse?

In the end it's up to the person to practice self-control, passing the buck to the government just ends up in less freedom and more black markets.

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