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by tenebrisalietum 2101 days ago
This argument and arguments like it suck because it fails to recognize that people who can't control themselves have the potential cause harm to those who can. Stoicism would only work if everyone would instantly adopt it at once.

People who mal-consume social media contribute to cancel culture, spreading lies and propaganda, and providing the fuel for negative power-seeking behavior in political and business realms. These have very real consequences for those innocent parties that don't mal-consume social media.

Aligning with your libertarian pattern, you can say "Well it's up to the people who can control themselves to defend themselves from the people who can't", and then that's precisely why we would introduce laws/regulations limiting things.