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[–] Soapbox1858@lemm.ee 3 points 1 hour ago

It's cute that you think anyone but the richest people and biggest corporations will be deregulated.

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 51 points 5 hours ago
[–] Shotgun_Alice@lemmy.world 15 points 4 hours ago

Using his house/property as a hazardous chemicals dumping site.

Move to a red state. Put up an activity as harmful as possible to humans while keeping it legal and making sure to remember everyone at every moment that you are doing this because there are no regulations.

You can't convince a maga to stop voting trump with words, but you can force them if their only other option is dying for the lack of regulations.

[–] Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (2 children)

Those regulations exist for a reason. Be the reason.

I don't mean "do the thing", make it clear to them why the thing was banned. If you don't know, look into your history books.

[–] Hirom@beehaw.org 5 points 3 hours ago

Like how Stephen Colbert setup his own SuperPac on air, showing how many ridiculous and unethical things are legal with US' current campaign finance laws.

[–] ___@lemm.ee 1 points 5 hours ago

To be fair, not all reasons are good.

[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 91 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works 57 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Junkers_Klunker@lemmy.world -4 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

Technically unaliving is unethical.

Unaliving a nazi who wants thousands or even millions of people death is unethical? I'm going to disagree.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 14 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

You can say killing, or assassinating.

[–] Junkers_Klunker@lemmy.world 1 points 40 minutes ago (1 children)

Fair enough, just have been banned before for writing kill

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 points 34 minutes ago

Likely not on Lemmy.ml, different admins and mods.

[–] ReadMoreBooks@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 hours ago

Perhaps you should limit yourself to reddit and .world.

[–] hansolo@lemm.ee 48 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

I've spent a career in places with very little rule of law or effective governance.

The only thing that can give you a sliver of hope is to physically be close to a community that is tight-knit and competent homesteaders. This is African village rules. Force and money are all that matters. Life is cheap. Food is scarce and untrustworthy unless you farm it yourself. Cities are nightmares of abuse with pockets for the super-wealthy behind walls.

Real life examples like Lagos are hard to explain to Americans. Parable of the Sower gets close and is a book worth a read.

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 2 points 4 hours ago

Such a good book

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 10 points 6 hours ago

Organizing, same as it always was.

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

I was going to say armed insurrection, but on second thought that might be ethical under those circumstances.

Unethically probably the most gain could be in manufacturing fake medicine. Cheap inputs, expensive prices.

Ah, in fact, even better for repeat customers: Making real medicine and selling the hard stuff over the counter (assuming drug schedules are "regulation").

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 hours ago

Yea, organized resistance is both ethical and the only real option that isn't nihilism.

[–] salamandermander@lemmings.world 2 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

That's already a thing it's called homeopathic medicine

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 hours ago

Fair point, but without regulations your claims can be way wilder, and you don't have to make stuff safe to ingest anymore. Overall I think quackery can become even more profitable.

[–] Shiggles@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago

(homeopathy) n. a complementary therapy based on the theory that β€˜like cures like’. It involves treating a condition with a tiny dose of a substance that in larger doses would normally cause or aggravate that condition.

No, I think they mean actual medicine my guy, based on science. If it’s β€œhomeopathic” and it works, we just call it medicine.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 2 points 7 hours ago

Sell meth to Musk's gang? Get them hooked.

[–] Boxscape@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] klemptor@startrek.website 3 points 4 hours ago

Call the BeeGees?

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 23 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Create a buisness in the US to facilitate any illegal activity you want, but physically leave the country for your safety

[–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 9 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago
[–] mark@social.cool110.xyz 2 points 6 hours ago

@teawrecks Make a load of dirty bombs and rob banks with them.

[–] punkisundead@slrpnk.net 1 points 7 hours ago