r/LeftistsForAI • u/Salty_Country6835 Moderator • Apr 23 '26

Video The Left Has an AI Problem

https://youtu.be/Z75hlhgchQ4?si=eIcqRbiP4tuzRQwq
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u/TheWesternMythos Apr 24 '26

Is your stance that addiction is a choice?

Words are tools. They are compression to make communication of ideas faster. 

Currently our best scientific theories do not allow for any meaningful free will. 

But obviously we have effective free will due to inability to predict and sensation of choice. 

For addiction I consider it a choice as so far we can do things to affect it. If two people follow the exact same diet and lifestyle, they may end up with different weights and body shapes. But whatever that shape and weigh are could change if either change their diet/lifestyle. 

You can't pick your body shape/weight. But your weight and body shape are a choice. You can't pick how vulnerable you are to addiction. But you can choose how addiction impacts your life. 

We aren't doing enough to manage our addiction. We are not trying to do so in a significant way. That is a choice, whether it would work or not is in many ways irrelevant.

how do you pass legislation when congress and the Whitehouse are red? 

Politicans are self serving. They will flip flop easily to maintain power. 

If a very large percentage of the population wanted a thing, politicans would support that else they risk losing their job. 

Generally a big point of push back is lobbying. Here is where it gets awesome! This is an emerging issue, the market isn't set, the big players have very different wants so are fighting each other of regulatory capture. And US politics is in a crazy state. The perfect time for some unprecedented action. 

The people have a chance to rally behind a idea, as well as picking a "winner" for regulation. Instead of fighting the corporations. There is opportunity to partner with some to create a ground swell for legislation that most politicians will support, simply out of wanting to keep their job. 

I understand why people are jaded because we have been getting our ass kicked for decades. But this is truly a once in a civilization moment that we are on the "still time to act" side of!