Re: We didn't start the fire? was Re: Alignment and 4E

On 2008-06-17, Malachias Invictus <invictusebay@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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On 2008-06-17, Malachias Invictus <invictusebay@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I do. Drug prohibition is largely supported by religious moralists.

And even more largely supported by drug dealers

Prohibition is what *creates* black market drug dealers.

Yes.

So any discussion of legalizing, say, marijuana, runs into the problem
that there are some EXTREMELY rich people who are getting richer at a very
impressive rate ONLY BECAUSE IT IS ILLEGAL.

I believe that the organized effort to keep drugs criminalized is probably
driven a lot more by drug lords than by moralists. The moralists may be
greater in sheer numbers, but not necessarily in organization, focus, or
funding.

It's a political and economic question, into which some gullible religious
people have been coopted.

That sounds about right. Then again, lots of political and economic agendas
are moved forward by gullible religious people.

Oh, quite often. However, I don't think that makes those agendas religious;
I think it mostly makes the gullible religious people dupes. I also don't
think their religion has any impact on the agenda, or their effect on it.
These people would be just as gullible if they believed something else, and
just as easy to manipulate into supporting other peoples' quests for power
and wealth.

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