How about the right to open loot boxes? Play gacha games? Play the lottery? Watch porn 24/7? Jerk off 24/7? Be childless? Be an alcoholic? Play games 24/7? Climb without a safety harness?

No, no, no, yes (with reservations) to the rest of them.

Well the internet is for porn, not gambling. But safety first, then teamwork so

The only one of those that I do is be childless, and I have to say I don't really get why that's in with the rest.

>and I have to say I don't really get why that's in with the rest

Because it's another one of those things that "your betters" think they control about your life, and with the attempted rollback of things like abortion rights in many places is very relevant. Also we're seeing news out of asian countries of fertility rates falling below 1 you should really expect the more authoritarian governments to say "Have a kid or have a problem" pretty soon.

The problem with ordering me to have kids is that I'm a man and I can't do that.

They can't order you to get pregnant, but they can order you to have children.

Plenty of meth heads in China they just never make it into the news. Once a whole town became famous for it.

You do not trade in your freedom for a drug free stable society. You trade in your freedom for nothing, then get the exact same shit but with a fresh lie to your face that it ain't like this.

>Addiction is a dangerous disease and we should protect everyone from falling into that trap and harming themselves and others around them.

Addiction isn't some disease that can strike randomly, the science shows that people who are already unhappy/unsatisfied/deprived are much more likely to succumb to addiction. Addressing the societal problems behind that would go a long way towards eliminating problematic addiction, and conversely banning all narcotic substances wouldn't stop those people from finding other ways to harm themselves, like alcohol, gambling or overeating to fill the emptiness inside.

I'm sorry, but we're never going to fix unhappiness. Nor eliminate addiction entirely. Making it difficult to access the most dangerous, addictive drugs is the only practical method of harm reduction for drug users. I don't see dead people on the sidewalks as a result of their porn addiction.

"If I don't see it, it's not a problem."

Meth and fentanyl are not the only drugs. Most people who "do drugs", especially recreationally, are doing neither of those. Nor heroin, nor crack, nor PCP or whatever other drug is commonly associated with life ending effects.

At the end of the day you have to accept some level of vice or you create a much larger and much worse vice black market.

Having mildly addictive weaker drugs available and cheap helps prevent the development of stronger and more easily smuggalable drugs.

> I won't stand for your right to become a meth head or fentanyl addict. Addiction is a dangerous disease and we should protect everyone from falling into that trap and harming themselves and others around them.

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