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When was the last time you saw an ad for cigarettes? Those second-order effects are easy to mitigate with sensible public policy. And it's not like we have to
by combobyte 19d ago
When was the last time you saw an ad for cigarettes?
Those second-order effects are easy to mitigate with sensible public policy. And it's not like we have to invent the solution from scratch — we've done it before, very effectively.
- ryandrake 19d agoThis is the correct reply to the constant "but whatabout" replies, that inevitably come up whenever you suggest regulation. "You've regulated bad thing X, but then they'll do Y!" So regulate Y! It's not like legislators only get one crack at a law. We should elect a government willing to move fast and iterate when loopholes are uncovered.
- gopher_space 19d agoI mean if you're arguing an edge case you've already accepted the central point, so it's not like a response needs to be made. We handle edge cases.
- inigyou 19d agoThe thing is that US Congress can't make laws. It just can't. It's nonfunctional. When it does that's the rare exception, and it better be perfect the first time because you won't get so lucky twice.
- mlrtime 19d agohttps://legiscan.com/US/legislation?status=passed https://legiscan.com/US/legislation?status=passed Seems like they can, or you mean they can't 'make laws' that you personally care about?
- inigyou 19d agoCloudflare block page - I'm a bot. What does it say?
- mepiethree 19d agoIMO this link proves the poster’s point. We are passing 1-2 laws a week. So far the 119th congress has passed 104 laws 100 years ago, the 69th congress passed over 1500 laws, plus hundreds of continuing resolutions, treaties, etc https://www.loc.gov/collections/united-states-statutes-at-large/articles-and-essays/vol44-48/ https://www.loc.gov/collections/united-states-statutes-at-la...
- esseph 19d ago> When was the last time you saw an ad for cigarettes? Today at the gas station on the outside of the pump and the store door.
- dghlsakjg 19d agoI was at a gas station today that sells tobacco. No ads. Its because even displaying tobacco products, let alone advertising them, is not allowed in that jurisdiction. I'll bet you didn't see any cartoon camels or doctors recomending a brand though, because even where tobacco ads are legal, many tobacco ads are no longer legal. Whether you see ads, and what kind of ads you see is highly regulated. That's the whole point,
- esseph 19d ago> I was at a gas station today that sells tobacco. No ads. Its because even displaying tobacco products, let alone advertising them, is not allowed. We clearly don't live in the same states.
- dghlsakjg 19d agoSorry for the ninja edit about jurisdictions. I live in a different country since we don't have states here.
- khriss 19d ago> Those second-order effects are easy to mitigate with sensible public policy. Regrettably, sensible public policy seems to be in remarkably short supply these days.
- Hikikomori 19d agoDo you watch movies?
- jareklupinski 19d agoafter the first fifty years? :) biological organisms develop addiction much faster than political processes