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by jstanley 3252 days ago
You're not superior to anyone else.

Grown adults can make their own decisions and suffer the consequences.

Acting like you have a right to tell other people what they can and can't do is incredibly egotistical.

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>Grown adults can make their own decisions and suffer the consequences.

Not in any western country. People are heavily insulated from the consequences of their actions by the welfare state. We even subsidize their ability to bring children into the world and (most likely) raise them poorly.

No, what is egotistical is believing your individual choices don't affect others and believing that the consequences your actions are not externalized by society.

I'm not even pro criminalization, but, c'mon man.

If other peoples' actions affect me, I absolutely have the right to influence those actions.