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Re:Rahm Emanuel says U.S. should follow Australia's youth so... by red-iron-pine on Wednesday December 10, 2025 @02:50PM (#46222737)
the largest companies in the world have their core profit motive tied to getting you to engage in social media.

asking households to voluntarily leave is like asking people not to get fat -- ain't gonna work, esp. when mega corporations want you to consume consume consume.

it needs to be a law, and it needs to be enforced.

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Re:Rahm Emanuel says U.S. should follow Australia's youth so... by roenxi on Wednesday December 10, 2025 @04:26PM (#46224109)
Are you suggesting we ban people from eating excessive amounts of food? Because you've drawn a parallel and I quite like how we treat food - people can just eat too much if they want to and people tell them not to get fat when they complain that it has negative consequences.
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