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commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 hours agowhat you’re presenting is a classic post hoc ergo propter hoc. both of those declined in production following the introduction of color television as well. we can’t very well say that color caused a reduced production. in fact, you haven’t actually presented any evidence that less asbethos or cigarettes are being produced.
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 21 hours ago
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5877076/
ourworldindata.org/grapher/tobacco-production?tab…
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 hours ago
it appears that the plan of creating government regulation is effective at stopping production, and no causal link to demand is outlined in your hastily-googled abstract.
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 20 hours ago
And you think that regulation was pushed by people who sell or smoke cigarettes, and by those that mine or use asbesthos?
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 hours ago
i have a high degree of certainty that there were cigarette smokers who want regulation, and industrial workers who wanted to stop asbestos. if we were to look at congressional testimony in the usa, it would probably show just that.
but the other user isn’t saying we should only rely on meat-eaters. most meat-eaters do think that animals should be treated humanely (i recognize their definition is at odds with yours), and would likely back stricter humane slaughter regulations. you seem to be saying that’s not good enough, and i find it understandable that the other user has become quite jaded about helping animals at all in the face of your purism.