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> Who cares Government, for the same reason they cared about abolishing prohibition. > why change that? Because now you can tax it and regulate it. > keeps
by oneweekwonder 9y ago
> Who cares
Government, for the same reason they cared about abolishing prohibition.
> why change that?
Because now you can tax it and regulate it.
> keeps a lot of people employed and makes a few of them very wealthy,
These people first need to "pivot" into the new revenue stream.
I hope we can get in touch on hn in a decades time to see how legalization turned out.
- aje403 9y agoDidn't really think I'd need to point it out, but I was being deliberately ironic to point out how much of a shitshow we've created. While it obviously appears that marijuana will become increasingly legalized and taxed, I'm really not optimistic about wealthy, private prison & police interests agreeably "pivot"ing into new revenue streams. I'll wager our prison system will still be a complete shitshow in 10 years from now. My most pragmatic hope is that they'll change in 50 years.