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> I have no problems on the individual impacts as it's the consumers choice, societal ramifications are my only gripe.

How can you care about one but not the other?

Are you ok with selling anything as long as it is "the consumers' choice" ?

Pretty much, if someone wants to be an idiot it's on them. The only time I'll have a problem is when it conflicts with the greater good. I guess it's a somewhat arbitrary line to care about the societal ramifications and not the individual, however society is not responsible for the actions of individuals, yet it still feels the consequences.

If idiots behave to predictably as to be mechanistic, then knowing that an outcome is highly probable, I'd argue that one does have moral responsibility. That it would be wrong to wash the results of our actions through those that are known to make poor choices.

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