• Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works
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    14 hours ago

    I know we’re on the Onion but surely in this instance it’d be better to ban social media from children rather than ban children from social media; if you get my drift.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      14 hours ago

      True, but that would put the burden on multi billion dollar international conglomerates who can reasonably be expected to be able to do anything about it.

      Can’t be making such demands of the people handing out legal bribes to the legislators, of course, so we’re gonna have to go with a solution that’s

      • difficult to impossible to comply with,
      • places an unnecessary and unfair burden on people who are not at fault in the form of time, effort, and possibly money
      • unlikely to solve the problems we claim it’s necessary for
      • guaranteed to volatile civil liberties, including suppression of legal dissent and cutting off people from necessary information

      It’s the capitalist authoritarian way!