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Yeah, he's doing something that's reasonably popular among everyone. How dare he?

by laidoffamazon 2y ago

thegrim33 2y ago
A third of the population, 111 million citizens, do not want it legalized. I wouldn't consider that "popular among everyone". https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/10/facts-about-marijuana/sr_24-04-10_marijuana_3-png/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/10/facts-abo...
- triceratops 2y ago
  Your own link says it's 70% in favor of legalization and 29% against. 29% is as close to "a quarter of the population" as it is to "a third of the population" - 400 basis points. Putting it another way nearly 3 quarters of citizens want it legalized. That's massive. It's as close to unanimous consensus as you can get on a hot-button issue like drugs.
  - thegrim33 2y ago
    So, just to clarify, you're actually taking issue with me referring to 29% as one third, while you have no issue referring to 70% as 100%? Either way, there's still over a hundred million human beings living in your country that disagree with you. Call it whatever you want but don't dismiss it.
    - triceratops 2y ago
      > while you have no issue referring to 70% as 100%? And you have no issue putting words in my mouth. I said it was close to three-quarters, is "massive" and that you can't get closer to unanimous than that. > Call it whatever you want but don't dismiss it. 29% want to lock up the other 71% for consuming a plant. And we don't know for sure that all of that 29% are entirely clean themselves. So why not dismiss it? Why does the 29%'s opinion matter here? If 29% of the population said you should jail people for premarital sex, or smoking, or wearing shorts, or whistling in elevators, would you take them seriously? A simple majority or supermajority is more than enough to legalize or abolish anything. Pretty much no issue requires 100% of everyone to agree.

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Yeah, he's doing something that's reasonably popular among everyone. How dare he?

by laidoffamazon 2y ago

Yeah, he's doing something that's reasonably popular among everyone. How dare he?

thegrim33 2y ago
A third of the population, 111 million citizens, do not want it legalized. I wouldn't consider that "popular among everyone". https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/10/facts-about-marijuana/sr_24-04-10_marijuana_3-png/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/10/facts-abo...
- triceratops 2y ago
  Your own link says it's 70% in favor of legalization and 29% against. 29% is as close to "a quarter of the population" as it is to "a third of the population" - 400 basis points. Putting it another way nearly 3 quarters of citizens want it legalized. That's massive. It's as close to unanimous consensus as you can get on a hot-button issue like drugs.
  - thegrim33 2y ago
    So, just to clarify, you're actually taking issue with me referring to 29% as one third, while you have no issue referring to 70% as 100%? Either way, there's still over a hundred million human beings living in your country that disagree with you. Call it whatever you want but don't dismiss it.
    - triceratops 2y ago
      > while you have no issue referring to 70% as 100%? And you have no issue putting words in my mouth. I said it was close to three-quarters, is "massive" and that you can't get closer to unanimous than that. > Call it whatever you want but don't dismiss it. 29% want to lock up the other 71% for consuming a plant. And we don't know for sure that all of that 29% are entirely clean themselves. So why not dismiss it? Why does the 29%'s opinion matter here? If 29% of the population said you should jail people for premarital sex, or smoking, or wearing shorts, or whistling in elevators, would you take them seriously? A simple majority or supermajority is more than enough to legalize or abolish anything. Pretty much no issue requires 100% of everyone to agree.