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> put the right not to be charged with a victimless crime in a constitutional amendment. Unfortunately the only way this would happen is over a lot of dead bod
by throwaway0a5e 6y ago
> put the right not to be charged with a victimless crime in a constitutional amendment.
Unfortunately the only way this would happen is over a lot of dead bodies or if you spend three generations boiling the frog.
People are too addicted to using overt state violence (as opposed to obfuscated state violence, i.e. fines) to prevent people from engaging in behavior they don't like or risky but not guaranteed harmful behavior. The idea that you could get a DUI or sell heroin and as long as nobody gets hurt the max penalty would be a fine, community service, etc. etc. is just unacceptable to them (despite that being the typical end result in those cases assuming the person charged lawyers up). You can already see this in the comments.