Lol that's the world's largest prisoner dilemma, never going to happen. People are big children, and you need to treat them as such. You don't let the child decide whether it's going to eat candy or real food, you take away the option of candy because they cannot be trusted to make decisions that are good for them in the long run. This is no different, it's why we have things like regulations and the FDA.

[–] hh93@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah exactly but in our situation we also have the children voting and one party is promising them to not take away the candy

I really don't see how this can ever work out... :/

[–] Matt_Shatt@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Not to mention the “adults” in this comparison don’t actually care about the child or the candy, they just care about retaining the ability to control your candy and will do anything and everything to keep stockpiling that sweet, sweet money.

[–] Uli@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Cool metaphor and all, but just want to be super clear. We're talking about regulating oil, right? And plastics, coal, other fossil fuel derivatives. And no one's going to come take away my candy. Stay away from my candy. Don't take it, it's mine.

[–] Zeeroover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Absolutely correct. I myself don't have children, don't have a car, and I don't eat meat. Just pick any of those 3 and try to deal with the reactions to it. People are big children.

[–] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

You do realize that they are children ruled by other children who shouldn't get that kind of authority? Do you know what children with power over other children do?