> You are still saying we should punish people who are innocent in the affair.
That is the harsh reality of living in a large and interconnected society. Any change to try to improve that society on a material level will have short-term losers, and a large portion of them are guaranteed to be people who didn’t do anything wrong. That is
A.) not unique to this topic
B.) not an argument against making changes when necessary
At most, what you should be arguing is “doing this will make innocent people lose their jobs, so if you’re going to do this, have a plan for softening that eventuality.”
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Reply to comment by ChrisFromIT in Child labor in the United States costs $15,138 per child. by VoE_Monkey_Overlord
> You are still saying we should punish people who are innocent in the affair.
That is the harsh reality of living in a large and interconnected society. Any change to try to improve that society on a material level will have short-term losers, and a large portion of them are guaranteed to be people who didn’t do anything wrong. That is
A.) not unique to this topic
B.) not an argument against making changes when necessary
At most, what you should be arguing is “doing this will make innocent people lose their jobs, so if you’re going to do this, have a plan for softening that eventuality.”