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by np_tedious 1722 days ago
Try that again with "cars". Clear positive to most people's lives, very very bad for some.

Your end point may or may not be right, but the logic here pretty clearly doesn't hold

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Cars have advantages that a clear majority of drivers, wannabe drivers, and economists would tell you about - driving to work, for pleasure, shopping, giving freedom etc. Motoring deaths per US inhabitant per year is 0.01%

It's very hard to claim that Instagram has anything close to same number of advantage as motoring