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Freedom is dangerous. In a free society, the government doesn't regulate the behavior of consenting adults behind closed doors, period (yes, I'm saying we don'
by StanislavPetrov 10y ago
Freedom is dangerous. In a free society, the government doesn't regulate the behavior of consenting adults behind closed doors, period (yes, I'm saying we don't live in a free society). In a free society an adult it free to choose to engage in behavior that is stupid, boorish, offensive, counterproductive, and idiotic. If that adult wants to eat 50 Big Macs, smoke marijuana, or snort Draino, it should be absolutely none of the business of the government. This would all be true if there were some way for the government to prevent "frowned upon" behavior without spending hundreds of billions of dollars a year to create a massive, heavily armed federalized police force that regularly seizes the money ($3.9 seized in 2014 alone - most without charges filed) and violates the rights of citizens. The fact that all the billions spent, the assets seized, the rights violated, and the lives ruined haven't done anything to reduce this "frowned upon" behavior at all makes the decision to disband the DEA an absolutely no-brainer to anyone with a shred of intelligence and impartiality. Unfortunately we have none of these people in government.