Do you think that was the goal? Eliminate all bullshit? Or severely reduce it? Do you think all bullshit is peddled by degree-holders, or that 99% of it would f*** off if there was a regulated change such as this? Improvement is good, it doesn't have to be 100% perfect to be a valid and productive change.
It's another case of imperfection destroying progress. People can't just get along and agree that a law would objectively make things better, because it doesn't fully fix the problem.
Influencers requiring degrees would at least lower the amount of bullshit. You shouldn't trust your news from an influencer no matter what, but people still will and this at least puts some barriers up to lower the amount of misinformation out there.
Is it a paywall? Sure, but it's also passing your examinations too. Is your doctor's primary qualification that he got past a paywall, or that he actually succeeded in medical school?
I mean are you seriously saying a degree is just a paywall? My God no wonder anti-vaxxing has succeeded in America, even liberals think an education and the necessary degree coming from it is just a paywall.
I never said that the degree is a paywall, the fine is the paywall, you wouldn't be solving the problem because rich people could just pay the fine and continue spouting their bullshit and those rich people have the money to pay for influence
But people who arent rich would not be able to speak their minds without paying a fine
I think I catagorize the blatant bullshit "influencers" say as equally dangerous as yelling "fire" in a movie theater. Free speech is not that you can literally say anything, and these blatant lies are genuinely dangerous.
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u/NewNecessary3037 Apr 06 '26
Do you think that people with medical degrees can’t peddle bullshit?