• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    That’s a ridiculous reverse slippery slope fallacy and you know it. You don’t have to be against the existence of sharp implements to not trust militaries to be benevolent.

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      1 year ago

      It isn’t a fallacy, it is just to point out that the military is going to use anything that will give them an edge. Whether we civilians use it or not.

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      1 year ago

      It’s a very similar problem on a larger scale.

      Starlink isn’t designed to be military but it exists on the free market and can be used for military purposes so it is

      Kitchen knives aren’t designed for stabbing but they’re out there for everyone so people are going to use them for stabbing