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But the whole point is that an objective function where you measure success only in terms of infant mortality, number of addicts etc. is absurd. Prohibition ru
by pzone 10y ago
But the whole point is that an objective function where you measure success only in terms of infant mortality, number of addicts etc. is absurd.
Prohibition ruins people's lives, when they are sent to jail, marked as felons and excluded from the job market. We spend billions and billions of dollars enforcing these laws. And believe it or not, many people just enjoy drinking, and do it without any negative consequences to themselves or others. You can't ignore all of that and say prohibition is justified just because it (arguably) improves things on a single dimension.
- brokenmachine 10y agoThat is a great point. I have no idea how anyone could be so brainwashed as to not agree. How many ruined lives is one less arbitrarily illegal drug user worth? I think that the kind of people who would agree with prohibition at any cost are followers who won't think for themselves, have no knowledge or interest in history or hopes for a better future, and would have happily extolled the virtues of drug legalization if that had happened to be the policy at the time. These people seem to attribute no value to civil liberties at all.