I had a debate with several opponents of Proposition 19 in California who at least one of them despite being a cannabis consumer is very much in favor of socialism, and also an strong opponent of Prop 19.
When she said this about capitalism, I was sure she didn’t fully understand socialism:
“Ha! We’l have to agree to dis agree my friend. You don’t see what the government is truly doing when it enacts these “socialist” policies. You should really do some research into what you’re saying. Have you ever read “A People’s History o…f the United States”? If not, I highly reccomend it. Perhaps it will explain some misconceptions you have about socialism. Good luck when the shit hits the fan, because we will be FORCED to cooperate or DIE. Socialism DOES work, when capitalists don’t come and screw it all up. Get educated, please.”
First, lets look at what socialism is, socialism is based on Marxism. This is the role of the state in socialism.
“In Marxist theory, the state is a mechanism dominated by and utilized in the interests of the ruling class to subjugate other classes, to legitimize the existing socio-economic system and to promote the interests of the dominant class.[7]“
An accurate portrait of socialism was WWII Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. I don’t think much explaination needs to be posted about those two eras. The point is, when the government control various social aspects of our life, such as social security, affirmative action, etc. Then the government controls more of our lives. Socialism leads to fascism, its proven over and over again.
Our country was stronger and freer in a free market capitalistic society. But when the government continued to take hold of more and more of our lives, via socialistic policies we started losing more and more of our freedom, and our will.
Now in socialist America, we have huge banks getting bailed out with our tax dollars, huge insurance companies getting bailed out with our tax dollars, all in the name of “doing the right thing for the people”. Meanwhile these companies who made poor decisions and failed are giving million dollar bonus to their executives with our tax dollars, because we ignore our constitution and we have embraced socialism in the USA.
This is a great illustration from Milton Friedman:
“The fundamental problem we face is not the war on drugs-although some of us are most interested in that issue. The war on drugs and the harm which it does are simply manifestations of a much broader problem: the substitution of political mechanisms for market mechanisms in a wide variety of areas.
To illustrate, I want to go beyond the war on drugs. We all recognize that the war on drugs is destroying our inner cities. But if I were to ask any one of you what is the next most important factor that is destroying the inner cities, I suspect a great many would agree with me that the next most important factor is our defective educational system, the terrible schools in our inner cities, schools which do not teach, but which are essentially places to keep kids off the streets for a certain number of hours a day.
Both failures have the same source. The war on drugs is a failure because it is a socialist enterprise. Our schooling is deteriorating because it is a socialist enterprise. Except possibly for the military, education is the largest socialist enterprise in the United States. There are a few loopholes: private schools to which parents can send their children if they can afford to pay or, in the case of parochial schools, if they have certain religious views. However, ninety percent of all kids are in government schools. And that socialist institution performs the same as most other socialist institutions.”
I am amazed at how obvious this is, and yet how all of these socialists fail to grasp that socialism equals government control.
Free market capitalism equals less government control.
If you are interested in trying socialism on, maybe try going to a different country to see how you like it. Or open your history books up to the section about Nazi Germany. But get that out of my country quick! We don’t want your government regulations!
I have vested interests California politics. Since I will be living there by year’s end again, and since I am a cannabis consumer. You don’t have to worry about my opinion, as you likely have your own on this topic. So take it or leave it.
But it’s VERY obvious to me, that more legalization is better than the current system. Prop19 is not perfect. But it does not override Prop215, and it makes cannabis legal (even if in part) for millions of people.
Cannabis only effects humans because we have been built with cannabinoid receptors.
We are not effected the same way that cats are effected by ingesting cat-nip, because we were not built with the same receptors in the brain as cats. Cannabinoid receptors are not unique to humans but after watching this video the science is explained to a small degree, and it is obvious that humans are made for processing cannabis.
I am astonished that an herb like cannabis that grows from the ground the way that God intended it, and describes it in Genesis 1:29-30, that has no record of ever killing anyone due to toxic side effects is illegal in the first place. But what is more troubling is that in this country we are supposed to be guaranteed religious freedom. But where is it? Cannabis is referenced in the Bible as keneh bosem
The Holy Anointing Oil of Moses was made with 250 shekels in weight of cannabis.
So when does the government get to regulate morality, if there is such thing as freedom of religion? How can the government judge what is a true religious practice or not? Are they the moral authority of all faiths?
Most of all, who has cannabis ever hurt? Cannabis heals, cannabis is industrially viable in thousands of ways, including building material, fuel, paper, rope, oils, etc.
I can not believe that the feds won’t even let Roger Christie post bond, as if he has been proven guilty of anything!
This is a video that I made to address the freedom of religion issue in the USA, and I quoted a speech from Barack Obama during his visit to Cairo Egypt.
