There’s nothing intrinsically bad or “archaic” about forums. It’s the forum platforms that sucked for some people. It took some thought and work to manage a forum. The only advantage a Discord server had was that it’s simple enough, a brain damaged squirrel could run one. It saved you from having to do your homework and just created a simple plug-and-play space that required no skill on the owner/mods part.
But, if that sin has a measurable impact on public health? Then yeah, I’m okay with sin taxes.
Why would it be a sin if it didn’t cause objective harms? The whole point of taxing and regulating these things is that the harm they cause isn’t just personal or moral, they materially impact communities, just sometimes in ways you don’t typically think about. If someone is calling for a “Sin Tax” on truly victimless crimes, that’s not a sin tax, that’s just plain old social censorship.
Not sure if Stoat does audio rooms, but I know you can use SonoBus for that
The only people abducting people and holding them for ransom in Chicago and Seattle are ICE agents.
Umm… in what country is it people get kidnapped and ransomed every day? I mean, I’m not saying it’s not a thing, it does happen, but it’s actually pretty rare in most of North America. I mean, it’s pretty common in Mexico, but in most of the continent the most common kidnapping is a biological relative abducting a child.
I think you’re getting hung up on the figurative language. A “sin tax” isn’t about a religious sin, it’s about taxing something that’s obviously bad, but not harmful enough to justify criminalizing it and often popular enough that people would be outraged if you just banned it. Like cigarette taxes, weed taxes, alcohol taxes and the like. Things that not only harm you, but the community that then has to deal with the consequences of your choices.
The idea is those taxes then go to fund mitigation programs. Rehab, or gym membership tax credits or things like that.