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Originally Posted by mpg_numbers_guy
So what are we going to do then, force people to be charitable through government regulations? Look at history; the more control the government has over a person's personal freedom, belongings, money, etc., the poorer the nation usually is and the quicker it is to fall.
Straw man/slippery slope argument, etc., possibly, but while yes, this is just one regulation, but then it becomes one more, and one more, and then one more, until you have total governmental dictatorship, initiated by an ignorant population that willingly submitted themselves to an unrevealed tyranny.
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You are out of your mind if you think having pollution controls against cargo ships burning high sulpher fuels is going to lead to the fall of nations that embrace that regulation.