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[-] Wogi@lemmy.world 77 points 10 months ago

Justification is easy. Damn near no one does anything they don't feel is justified. You may not agree with it, but that doesn't really matter, because the right people will.

A lot of the most evil shit in history was done by people who felt completely justified in doing it.

Justification is a stupidly low bar.

[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 14 points 10 months ago

You're missing the point. We don't need to justify to the government why we need to do anything. The government needs to justify to us why it should be prohibited. Feeling justified in your own actions doesn't come into it.

As for "the most evil shit in history", it should be extremely easy for the government to justify prohibiting it.

[-] Touching_Grass@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I say go the other way. Fucking people are trash and need to be babysat like fucking toddlers. Government is the only sensible people trying to keep it all together

[-] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 10 months ago

Government is the only sensible people trying to keep it all together.

That's pretty funny, does that include your political enemies?

From my pov government is "just people" like the rest of us, they just happened to be elected by a bunch of trash toddlers to be "head trash toddler #24."

[-] Touching_Grass@lemmy.world -2 points 10 months ago

That’s pretty funny, does that include your political enemies?

Can honestly say I've never had a political enemy

[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 3 points 10 months ago

That's called authoritarianism and it's really unpopular for a reason.

[-] ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I dunno, there's a bunch of MAGAs in the USA who get hard at the thought.

[-] Touching_Grass@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

Shit just works

[-] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Government is horrible at policing individuals. Name one instance where involving the government in peoples daily lives has had a net positive impact. I'm not talking about social services either, I'm talking authority that has gone into the home and "baby sat" individuals.

[-] Touching_Grass@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago
[-] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

Oo, I'll agree with that. Public education is positive. Is that your argument, people should receive more education?

[-] rainynight65@feddit.de 2 points 10 months ago

To any reasonable person it is extremely easy to justify prohibiting easy access to firearms. And yet here we are, with mass shootings happening every other day in the US.

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