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Why isn't outlawing it the solution? Seems like a pretty good solution
by zzbzq 4y ago
Why isn't outlawing it the solution? Seems like a pretty good solution
- TEP_Kim_Il_Sung 4y agoBecause outlawing stuff shifts incentives to favour the most violent entrepeneurs? Outlawing does not decrease demand, making stuff real expensive, so everyone wants to sell or buy it, but there's no legal protection against fraud or theft, so to meet demand, violence must escalate. Just look back at prohibition, the drug war, outlawing guns in Britain eskalating knife violence, etc. The way to handle the problem is not by outlawing products,but by reducing demand for them. Why do people want drugs and alcohol? Generally to self-medicate. Mitigate the underlying causes,and watch demand evaporate.
- moffkalast 4y agoThen it just gets made in secret by malicious actors without any kind of safety in mind.
- SuoDuanDao 4y agoif it's legal, it's still only available to individuals with the time, work ethic and intelligence to get good at it, the overlap of those with bad actors is probably fairly small. If it's outlawed, it's only available to moneyed interests that need to practice institutional capture. The overlap of those with bad actors, well...