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By: no third solution » Blog Archive » End the War on Drugs

no third solution » Blog Archive » End the War on Drugs — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 04:02:17 +0000

[...] bloodshed in the war on drugs (9,000 dead Mexicans in the last two years alone, and counting) on teh bad people. It’s an old story. At bottom, the problem isn’t the drug cartels per se. Much less is [...]

By: gilliganscorner

gilliganscorner — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:17:59 +0000

Ah. Thanks for the clarification, David.

By: David Z

David Z — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:27:18 +0000

@ Gilligan –

I think what AP meant was that by decree, the state creates an entire class of people deemed “bad” in the eyes of the law.

It is also true that the actual number of truly bad actors increases to some extent, as consequences of state interference/intervention, and also that the state magnifies the capacity (and incentives) for any of these individuals to do wrong.

By: Gilligan

Gilligan — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:29:37 +0000

Anarcho-pragmatiste March 3, 2009 3:47 pm

The main problem is the fact that the State creates more supposedly bad people than bad people that actually exists.

No. The main problem is that the State allows bad people to find a home.

If there are .01% of society – I made that up, but it does not diminish the point – that wish to control others, how would that percentage increase when you move closer to those centers of power that allow these folks to exercise that power?

By: Anarcho-pragmatiste

Anarcho-pragmatiste — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:47:29 +0000

The main problem is the fact that the State creates more supposedly bad people than bad people that actually exists.

By: Francois Tremblay

Francois Tremblay — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:44:14 +0000

Fuck the law, we don’t need it.

By: Brad

Brad — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:41:41 +0000

I See Good People!

By: Mike Gogulski

Mike Gogulski — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:39:00 +0000

Sigh… so true, but if only it were so easy to make folks see it.

By: Gilligan

Gilligan — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:08:11 +0000

In the words of Robert Lefevre:

“If men are inherently good, we don’t need government. If men are inherently bad or apathetic, we don’t dare form one.”

By: George Donnelly

George Donnelly — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:27:50 +0000

“The rule of law” is always set up as the best thing, the ideal, the barometer of what is good and wrong, but law can be used for evil, too, and it doesn’t guarantee any good outcomes, much less people’s liberty. Nice article.