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Well, the supply chain for illegal drugs hurts a LOT of people, but that’s because of the illegally. In a world with legal drugs, you’d still want to prosecute
by gbrown 6y ago
Well, the supply chain for illegal drugs hurts a LOT of people, but that’s because of the illegally.
In a world with legal drugs, you’d still want to prosecute someone for giving money to cartels, but there would be much less incentive for people to do so in the first place.
- mindslight 6y agoThe supply chain for all of society hurts a lot of people. Drugs are only a higher proportion because that industry's order presently can only be supplied by smaller competitors with similar fixed costs to the incumbents.
- gbrown 6y ago> The supply chain for all society ... And? That’s whataboutism, not a response. > Drugs are.... That sounds like a vast oversimplification, to say the least. Also, again, I’m not defending drug laws.
- sneak 6y agoThe supply chain is not on trial in this instance, this one person (who did not harm or victimize anyone) is.
- tha0x5 6y agoThis same illogic is used for people who want to defend looking at child porn: "The person abusing the child is not on trial in this instance, this one person (who did not harm or victimize anyone) is." More people have died in Mexico and Central America due to the drug war than have died in the war in Afghanistan. If you buy drugs from a supply chain that involves the cartels, you are indirectly funding organized murder and crime.
- gbrown 6y agoLook, I’m the last person who would defend drug laws, but I think your position is transparently silly.