21_MushroomCupcakes

21_MushroomCupcakes t1_j2fj5m7 wrote

Because banning anything only creates a black market for it, which drives up the "bad" thing's price and violence associated with it.

It's not the government's job to protect you from stabbing yourself in the eyeball with a fork.

I hardly drink or smoke anymore, but every once in a while when I do, who are you to tell me I can't?

The government did its job by labeling it as being harmful, that's good enough.

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21_MushroomCupcakes t1_j2dbe16 wrote

They keep the gains, we share the losses.

They'll squeal when tax season comes, you and I will pick up the tab on whatever losses they feel entitled to.

When they get rich we get poorer, and when they don't we still get poorer.

Even philosophically, we gain nothing.

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