“Why the education system is horrible and needs to be dismantled and entirely reconsidered” is slightly off topic, but yeah you got me I do not think the argument is all that different wrt education. It is very different from those other things though.
Its perfectly relevant to my point, which is that the government is already involved in the sort of behavior we’re discussing. If we accept that preventing societal damage, or promoting social well being, or whatever else you want to call it, is a part of what the government exists to do, then why would something like preventing mega corporations from ruining the development of children fall outside its purview?
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 hours ago
Providing healthcare and social services is not inherently about controlling how people think and what information they have access to.
krashmo@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
I notice you left education off that list
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 hours ago
“Why the education system is horrible and needs to be dismantled and entirely reconsidered” is slightly off topic, but yeah you got me I do not think the argument is all that different wrt education. It is very different from those other things though.
krashmo@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Its perfectly relevant to my point, which is that the government is already involved in the sort of behavior we’re discussing. If we accept that preventing societal damage, or promoting social well being, or whatever else you want to call it, is a part of what the government exists to do, then why would something like preventing mega corporations from ruining the development of children fall outside its purview?