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We have to? Because people make unwise decisions, we have to have the government prevent them for their own good?

Yes, they're making unwise decisions. No, you do not get to make that decision for them, no matter how right you think you are.



>No, you do not get to make that decision for them

Sorry to tell you this but governments regulate huge parts of your life for the sake of the common good.


Ok, government should then let people sell fake products and food at your doorstep.


False dichotomy. I can be against letting people sell fake products and be against forcing people to not buy the kind of car they want.

In fact, that's so uncoupled of a false dichotomy, it's more like a non sequitur. I wonder how you got there.


Buying fake products is an unwise decision, in your belief system it is wrong to stop people from making unwise decisions after all it is their money and they should be allowed to use it for whatever reason.




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