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Making booze unconstitutional turned the US military into criminals and did wonders for illicit trade. Making pot legal sorta does the reverse, making the whol
by jleyank 3y ago
Making booze unconstitutional turned the US military into criminals and did wonders for illicit trade. Making pot legal sorta does the reverse, making the whole thing a little boring and less cool. Takes money from the shadows into the tax system, and aside from the smell the social impact of pot might be less than booze.
Right-wing types don't buy into this at all, but legislating morality tends to create "normal people as criminals".
- allears 3y agoAnd of course the real question about legislating morality is, whose morality are we talking about?
- jleyank 3y agoRWNJ's of course. Nobody else cares enough to be an ass about it.
- dragonwriter 3y ago> Right-wing types don’t buy into this at all, but legislating morality tends to create “normal people as criminals”. All legislation legislates morality.