Enforced Prohibition has always created black markets, and given rise to organized crime. Be it in the form of mobs, gangs, police, or gov ops. It leads to more taxation with claims of protecting it's citizenry from individuals who happen to like a substance. It ruins many lives through fines, imprisonments, and deaths. It has little effect in preventing children from abusing, but has an ever increasing likelihood they could become a victim of the Enforcement of said Prohibition.
Well said, government programs tend to have the opposite effect to what they intended, just look at anti-poverty, competition, hate, and yes drugs which are slightly different because their intent was just an excuse for govt covert trade. But then, the others are all about taxpayer money being funnelled to politicians and their friends. The government has no right to protect people from themselves but that doesn't stop them.
Its all double think and theatre yet we keep falling for the promises made to us. How do we invoke real change?
Sadly, I think the game needs to play out till the end. We're already in the pen, herded and hooked up to the milking machines with our snouts in the feed. Sure, an odd hero might try to run but his cries of 'wolf' will go unnoticed by most. When the food disappears others will try to bolt but that's when they'll find out about the chains. At that time, they will tear themselves out from the milking machines and bite to protect themselves. Eventually they will get free and since most if not all will be awake/aware, they will hunt down those who kept them captive and start a new free society. Then history will repeat itself because we did have freedom before and lost it complacency.
Yes the pendulum is an issue to deal with and seems to swing fast when it shifts from one era to the next, however, attitude is everything. We mustn’t live defeated or broken. We stand tall and proud with our shoulders squared and feet firmly planted as though we have no defeat.
Exactly, Ron Paul suggested recently to rename the "war on drugs" to the "war on liberty" and I totally I agree with this. This war on liberty HAS to end!