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Is this the same human society that's perfectly OK with Valium and Adderall and Oxycontin? Democracy fails when irrational prejudice trumps common sense and to
by zeemonkee3 11y ago
Is this the same human society that's perfectly OK with Valium and Adderall and Oxycontin?
Democracy fails when irrational prejudice trumps common sense and tolerance. Prohibition was a mass democratic movement that pulled together Christian teetotalers, American nativists, socialists and sufferagettes; it was a complete disaster on all fronts.
- hutzlibu 11y agoDemocracy fails when the demos fails. If you have a lot of stupid people, then you have a lot of stupid laws. So I don't see the problem with democracy, just with stupid people.
- zeemonkee3 11y agoIntelligent, well-educated people are capable of appalling stupidity and herd-mentality. Or as Agent K said in Men in Black, "A person is smart. People are stupid."
- hutzlibu 11y agoAnd the very same person did this, to justify to lie to the whole humanity about the existence of aliens ... to keep them as stupid sheeps. So I don't agree. It might be, that intelligent people give in to group pressure of a all in all much more stupid group. But even if you have too much stupid people, their collective intelligence still pays off.
- random_upvoter 11y agoOxycontin is a prescription drug. I suppose it's illegal to acquire this drug without the permission of a doctor. I'm curious how many of people are in favor of making opioid painkillers -- which already kill 16,000 Americans/year -- an over the counter drug for recreational use.