Political ideology thread

[♪alt13]

Hey, Alt, are you the one who lives in some sort of commune(no negative connotation)? My thinking has been trending that way recently, but I'm having some thinking about how that lifestyle would be applied in the large scale. So I was looking for someone who might have experience with that to chime in on how it could be applied to larger group(or anyone else really).



Echoing people from earlier in the thread I agree that it's high time to move on from the two parent household. Not too many ideas on how to move that forward socially though.

No, I don't live in a commune. I do like folk songs but I hate lentil soup.

 

[Eminence]

No, I don't live in a commune. I do like folk songs but I hate lentil soup.

Dang it... Who am I thinking of?

 

[fishonjazz]

Have you ever used it? Pot is not something that you would want to shape the brain activity abilities of your people if you are a governor. Let it be free to use but limit it in certain times and places. If you are unable to do it and are unable to observe and control enough to block anti social acts from harming innocents, ban it. This is why there is a blurry line in the freedom of the use of drugs and alcohol. Maybe someday technology advances to such an high level that people can be detected as "good person, won't kill anyone or beat up wife after lighting up a pot" or "potential Ted Bundy" . I would like that. A malfunction would suck though.

Thing about legalizing versus not legalizing is that even when illegal 20 million people are still doing it anyway (and that number continually grows)
Might as well have it legal and make money off it, keep people out of jail and court, and try to make it as safe as possible.

I also think that if you legalize then you hurt the cartels, and lower the use of hard drugs. Just a couple of possible side benefits.

 

[addictionary]

Thing about legalizing versus not legalizing is that even when illegal 20 million people are still doing it anyway (and that number continually grows)
Might as well have it legal and make money off it, keep people out of jail and court, and try to make it as safe as possible.

I also think that if you legalize then you hurt the cartels, and lower the use of hard drugs. Just a couple of possible side benefits.

I'm just saying that the sweet air of freedom doesn't last long when it has penetrated inside your life too deep that you cannot tell where to begin to clean it up.

 

[addictionary]

No, I don't live in a commune. I do like folk songs but I hate lentil soup.

You always sound like a Kurdish origined French educated American accountsman who is short but charming for ladies and still shies away from them even though he scores from time to time because he is a sweet john snow. I would like to think of you as a former member of the Paris commune experiment. Or maybe a Kibbutz?

 

[Gameface]

I'm just saying that the sweet air of freedom doesn't last long when it has penetrated inside your life too deep that you cannot tell where to begin to clean it up.

There are a lot of ways for a person to be a worthless POS. And no one owes their self to others. Most of us, the overwhelming majority, despite our flaws, are overall good people who take care of our own **** and help other people out now and then. That is true even though we all face countless choices that would lead us away from that. Unfortunately some of us go the wrong way. It could be in any number of ways. Drugs is but one of an unlimited array of bad choices we could make.

And let's be absolutely clear. Any one of us can make the choice to use drugs. The prohibition of such is a bad joke. More people are harmed by drug prohibition than people are protected. In fact, if your family has suffered from drug addiction it is very likely that the prohibition and criminalization of drugs ADDED to your suffering, hardship and tragedy.

 

[Jamezz]

There are a lot of ways for a person to be a worthless POS. And no one owes their self to others. Most of us, the overwhelming majority, despite our flaws, are overall good people who take care of our own **** and help other people out now and then. That is true even though we all face countless choices that would lead us away from that. Unfortunately some of us go the wrong way. It could be in any number of ways. Drugs is but one of an unlimited array of bad choices we could make.

And let's be absolutely clear. Any one of us can make the choice to use drugs. The prohibition of such is a bad joke. More people are harmed by drug prohibition than people are protected. In fact, if your family has suffered from drug addiction it is very likely that the prohibition and criminalization of drugs ADDED to your suffering, hardship and tragedy.

Couldn't agree any more with this post.

 

[♪alt13]

You always sound like a Kurdish origined French educated American accountsman who is short but charming for ladies and still shies away from them even though he scores from time to time because he is a sweet john snow. I would like to think of you as a former member of the Paris commune experiment. Or maybe a Kibbutz?

I'm fine with all that but the short part.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NvgLkuEtkA

 

[8]

I'm just saying that the sweet air of freedom doesn't last long when it has penetrated inside your life too deep that you cannot tell where to begin to clean it up.

Perhaps it isn't sweet air, but it's definitely freedom. Freedom doesn't equal success and happiness. Freedom can allow you to **** up your own life too.

 

[8]

Have you ever used it? Pot is not something that you would want to shape the brain activity abilities of your people if you are a governor. Let it be free to use but limit it in certain times and places. If you are unable to do it and are unable to observe and control enough to block anti social acts from harming innocents, ban it. This is why there is a blurry line in the freedom of the use of drugs and alcohol. Maybe someday technology advances to such an high level that people can be detected as "good person, won't kill anyone or beat up wife after lighting up a pot" or "potential Ted Bundy" . I would like that. A malfunction would suck though.

Hey man, then don't vote for the governor who 'lights up a pot'. Or move somewhere governed by a pot-free governor.

 

[8]

Privatize as much as possible

 

[Banned ALT Acct]

Hey, Alt, are you the one who lives in some sort of commune(no negative connotation)? My thinking has been trending that way recently, but I'm having some thinking about how that lifestyle would be applied in the large scale. So I was looking for someone who might have experience with that to chime in on how it could be applied to larger group(or anyone else really).



Echoing people from earlier in the thread I agree that it's high time to move on from the two parent household. Not too many ideas on how to move that forward socially though.

I don't live in a commune. It was a quote from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Your mother was a hamster, and your father smells of elderberries. Now go away before I taunt you a second time.