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Health experts say axing plan to block sales of tobacco products to next generation will cost thousands of lives
minus-squareNocturnalEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up227arrow-down9·7 months agoWhy benefit society when you can just fuck it over whilst profiting from short term gains. God I hate how this planet functions. Tax the fucking rich already.
minus-squareRT Redréovič@feddit.chlinkfedilinkarrow-up76arrow-down4·7 months agoTaxxing won’t do anything because structurally the Rich have the most power in the system. The only way to fix this is to systematically remove the Rich through whatever means and remove the means which enables them to exist.
minus-squarePowerpoint@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down3·7 months agoBoomers are having a temper tantrum in their death throes by elections these Conservatives.
minus-squareZippy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoThere is a massive drive to legalize weed. How is banning this any different than banning marijuana? Do not like smoking myself but not sure how to justify the hypocrisy of thinking we should ban this vice over the other.
minus-squareBigBananaDealer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·7 months agoi dont think anybody is being forced to go buy cigarettes
Why benefit society when you can just fuck it over whilst profiting from short term gains.
God I hate how this planet functions. Tax the fucking rich already.
Taxxing won’t do anything because structurally the Rich have the most power in the system. The only way to fix this is to systematically remove the Rich through whatever means and remove the means which enables them to exist.
Tanks go brrrrr!
Boomers are having a temper tantrum in their death throes by elections these Conservatives.
extinction burst
There is a massive drive to legalize weed. How is banning this any different than banning marijuana?
Do not like smoking myself but not sure how to justify the hypocrisy of thinking we should ban this vice over the other.
i dont think anybody is being forced to go buy cigarettes