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X Threatens Our Democracy. Canada Should Ban It
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I'm against banning things. It's better to teach users how not to use these platforms.
It's more effective, because it has a long term effect.
I like the Danish idea to label EU products in supermarkets. Information is a good first step.
"Education" doesn't really feel like a solution to things that people often lean into cognitive dissonance on.
Everybody has the opportunity to know how reprehensible the conditions the meat that ends up in supermarkets (and probably your local market too) is but very few people are willing to change their diets. Many people talk about caring about 'loving animals' but when it comes down to making changes, the head just usually goes into the sand.
Kurzgesagt did a good video recently on what the cost to improve animal welfare for things that end up on peoples plates would be but the truth is the only reason why we know what those numbers are is because some places have banned certain practices. The only way to realize those benefits is through legal changes, not 3% of people paying 3 times as much for fancy free range eggs.
That said, I'm also generally against banning things, I just don't know how you make that sort of thing less attractive- a Twitter Tax?