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minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-217 hours agoI’m all for making it exceedingly less convenient for people become radicalized, personally. Age verification isn’t a magic bullet, but still very much worth doing.
minus-squareGeneral_Effort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 hours agoWhat you’re saying is that the government should control access to information, so that people will hold the correct ideology. I don’t think that’s a game that a liberal democracy can win.
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·11 hours agoNice straw man.
minus-squareiii@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-215 hours agoAdditionally it’s convenient tooling to have in place for other undesirable behaviour, as our EU overlords are getting Orbanised.
I’m all for making it exceedingly less convenient for people become radicalized, personally. Age verification isn’t a magic bullet, but still very much worth doing.
What you’re saying is that the government should control access to information, so that people will hold the correct ideology.
I don’t think that’s a game that a liberal democracy can win.
Nice straw man.
Additionally it’s convenient tooling to have in place for other undesirable behaviour, as our EU overlords are getting Orbanised.