xmrk ₿ ⚡️ on Nostr: And now for something slightly different. #WarOnSomeDrugs is a tyranny of majority. ...
And now for something slightly different.
#WarOnSomeDrugs is a tyranny of majority. "Drug are bad, we have to ban them. Wait, I didn't mean OUR favourite drug - alcohol." It is rather difficult to ban majority's drug. Not impossible, USA actually tried it 1921-33. But just compare to the current war on some drugs - it lasts at least from 1971, so 52 years vs. 12 years. There can be some rationalizations - "of course it would be good to ban even alcohol, but it is not really possible, it would cause eiher revolt, be repealed in the next election or be massively ignored. So instead we do what is possible, and ban only some drugs." Or: "alcohol is already causing huge problems (remember, people have no agency, and alcohol has), and some lunatics want to allow more drugs?"
I guess just talking about principles doesn't help here. Principles are nice and all, but if you feel threatened, if you believe drugs are causing a catastrophe, you ignore those abstract principles. "What is more important, saving lifes or your funny princiles?" the brainwashed hypocrite asks. "Grow up, you naive child." he adds.
Wish I knew how to effectively counter this thinking. To me it is obvious that the catastrophe can be easily invented, or a little problem can be blown out of proportions. "But the catastrophe is absolutely real this time. And even if it is not, why risk it?" Guess I give up... for now.
#WarOnSomeDrugs is a tyranny of majority. "Drug are bad, we have to ban them. Wait, I didn't mean OUR favourite drug - alcohol." It is rather difficult to ban majority's drug. Not impossible, USA actually tried it 1921-33. But just compare to the current war on some drugs - it lasts at least from 1971, so 52 years vs. 12 years. There can be some rationalizations - "of course it would be good to ban even alcohol, but it is not really possible, it would cause eiher revolt, be repealed in the next election or be massively ignored. So instead we do what is possible, and ban only some drugs." Or: "alcohol is already causing huge problems (remember, people have no agency, and alcohol has), and some lunatics want to allow more drugs?"
I guess just talking about principles doesn't help here. Principles are nice and all, but if you feel threatened, if you believe drugs are causing a catastrophe, you ignore those abstract principles. "What is more important, saving lifes or your funny princiles?" the brainwashed hypocrite asks. "Grow up, you naive child." he adds.
Wish I knew how to effectively counter this thinking. To me it is obvious that the catastrophe can be easily invented, or a little problem can be blown out of proportions. "But the catastrophe is absolutely real this time. And even if it is not, why risk it?" Guess I give up... for now.