Marijuana - Page 18

On October 23 2012 01:30 Bolty wrote:


They don't get rich because they realize that they have to step on their fellow men to do so. And what do you do? You hunt them, instead of helping them. Why? No profit in helping them. You are the invisible hand, as described by Adam Smith. It's your job to make sure the rich stay rich and the poor stay poor. And you don't even know it.

Do yourself a favor, stop being a cop. Maybe there's still time for you to do some actual good in this world.

Worth it.

On October 28 2012 18:23 yandere991 wrote:


Wow...just wow.

What makes people rich is a combination of/either inheritance, hard work, ambition, innovation and what makes people poor is a combination of/either illness, bad luck, born to dropkick parents, being a drop kick, low ambition, laziness etc. I don't see how the police fits at all in this equation.

Anyways on topic: Legalize it! It was what kept me sane when I walked into a lecture in 3rd year statistics.

On October 28 2012 22:44 Bolty wrote:
The job of the police is to shepherd the population, to make sure they stay in line. Through this job they are effectively the first line of defense of the establishment. The establishment seeks to maintain the status quo. But it is a matter of perspective.

If a starving man steals from a rich man, the police will arrest him. Is the starving man to blame for his behavior? Not if you ask me. He does what is necessary to survive. That is instinct, not free will. Society is to blame for creating absurd amounts of inequality and concepts like "private property". The problem is that they also do a damn good job of conditioning the population into supporting these ideas. If you ask most people today if they have any opinions on social construction and how things should be concerning things like private property for example, most people don't even know what you're talking about, they look at you with a face that says "... there are alternatives?"

As you can see, your frame of reference is probably different from mine. In my opinion, our society and it's rules have failed horribly, and today it caters only to those in a position of relative advantage. Even though many of us see the backsides of capitalism and understand that it is doomed to fail, the people in power do a damn good job of marginalizing the alternatives. With words like "freedom". You think we are free? We are not free, far from it. But we are being constantly told that we are, it's probably one of the most common words in American media. They show you movies and pictures of concentration camps and starving children and say " These people live in a country without freedom! Look what happens!" which lets you say to yourself "At least my life isn't as bad as theirs. It could be worse."

Capitalism = Freedom. That is basically how it is today. Any attempt to criticize capitalism means that you hate freedom.

Let me share something with you. Freedom is just an empty word. Something politicians and capitalists use to line their pockets with gold. There is no such thing as free choice or free will in a society like ours. Every choice you make is heavily influenced by your environment. Parents, peers, the media, the government. These factors shape your decisions, not some misguided notion of "free will".