[fluoridation]

>To do something about the unlimited firehose of porn, violence, divisive, and addictive content that has been pointed at children for the past generation or so.

See, you've answered a different question. The question you answered is, "why should children be protected from the Internet?" I'll give you for free that children should be protected from the Internet, for the reasons you've said, and now you get to convince me that I, who don't have or plan to have children, should spend my money to protect other people's children from the Internet.

[CPLX]

> I, who don't have or plan to have children, should spend my money to protect other people's children from the Internet.

For the same reason your taxes pay for schools even when you don't have kids.

Because we live in a society.

If you struggle to understand why that matters without reference to more direct personal stakes for yourself, just know that without a society, the children will grow up to rape you, kill you, and possibly consume you for your protein content.

[fluoridation]

>For the same reason your taxes pay for schools even when you don't have kids.

But I have benefited from public education. Me paying for someone else's education in return is fair.

>Because we live in a society.

"Because we live in a society" is a phrase flexible enough that it can be used to justify anything, including outright theft: "we live in a society; us taking your stuff is the price you have been chosen to pay for your continued belonging". Want to try a little harder?

[CPLX]

You have convinced me that there are in fact no differences between things, and that protecting children from adult content is indistinguishable from stealing from people, and therefore I was foolish to advocate for it.

I stand humbly corrected.

[fluoridation]

I'm glad you've seen the error of your ways.