Agriculture is a necessary first step toward a dystopian society, so clearly we should ban agriculture.
The logic does not follow. "A is required for B, B is bad, so A is bad" is not logically valid.
The logic does not follow. "A is required for B, B is bad, so A is bad" is not logically valid.
Much like inventing the wheel (positive) is a necessary precursor to both ambulances/fire fighting (also positive), as well as DUIs (less positive).
The larger point being simply that I find it somewhat disingenuous for those of us who consider it our job to think through problems from many angles to pretend we’re somehow unable to imagine the potential unfortunate consequences arising from our work, given the existing Powers That Be (meaning both entities and trends).