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by naturlich 2538 days ago
The alternative is to do nothing and that will result in death and destruction. If the ability to harm the environment and other people is a freedom people are up in arms about losing, it's a shitty freedom to have in the first place. One person's freedom should not impinge on others'.

Given the choice between the state taking away coal or mass extinction, I'm choosing the former.