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What isn't illegal but should be? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (6 children)

Rent seeking and usury (the charging of interest)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

non-consensual advertising (consensual being things like steam discovery queue, where I actively want to be advertised to), "lobbying" (bribing), fossil fuels and friends, gerrymandering (US), the electoral college (US), publically trading your company

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

capitalism

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Guns

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (5 children)

They shouldn't be illegal, but heavily regulated.

I mean, hunting and harvesting meat is far more ethical to the normal meat industry.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

"illegal" is overrated, anyway. Trump did a ton of illegal stuff and yet, here we are.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

Ridiculous rental prices and annual rent increases with no improvements to show for it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Witch hunting.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Cigarettes

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

Yes.... let's create another prohibition era item... it's a vice.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (6 children)

Possibly controversial but prostitution. Allows for regulation and workplace safety. Would probably calm a lot of men down as well and help them focus on the more important aspects of getting into a relationship.

Edit: misread the title and thought it said "legal".

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Did I understand correctly are you saying prostitution should be illegal? If so what do you mean with regulation and workplace safety?

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