Conservatives Conserve society and understand human nature more. Colorado legalized it, and colorado swiftly went to shit with drugs, homeless camps, crime, and liberals.
I'm not anti-weed but I don't know many success stories at the end of that rabbit hole and have yet to see a community get better after legalization.
Exactly this. No good comes of legalizing it as a stand-alone. I feel we've seen the repercussions time and again. In a general sense, yes freedom, absolutely agree. But this is a weird thing. Maybe society has a hard time with it because it's not legal everywhere so people flock to places it is, including people with other issues to start with. Idk. But it wouldn't hurt to take a look at it for five minutes before saying "sure, I've seen other places crash and burn after this legislative action, let's try here too".
Even founding fathers understood every Right came with a Responsibility. So an irresponsible society will require stricter conservation.
That's the difference between a libertarian and a Conservative. Conservatives conserve the wisdom that's proven to work for society. Libertarians support freedom at the cost of society, which wouldn't you know it... leads to destroyed societies...
I know. Everything you said. It's so challenging, some of these issues. Idgaf who smokes pot, pay for it yourself and have fun. Ideologically. Like I don't care who drinks. But now you are in your car drunk driving and I'm driving my kids on the same road and I care a lot. Finding balance can be challenging. I think the pot thing could be figured out if we thought about it for a hot second. But politicians are so greedy and see the tax revenues, everyone makes it a "muh freedoms" thing. Like, maybe we invest in some treatment centers at the same time we legalize. That preserves freedoms and doesn't just say "fuck you" to those who become addicted to whatever. I'm just thinking out loud. Idk.
Conservatives Conserve society and understand human nature more. Colorado legalized it, and colorado swiftly went to shit with drugs, homeless camps, crime, and liberals.
I'm not anti-weed but I don't know many success stories at the end of that rabbit hole and have yet to see a community get better after legalization.
Exactly this. No good comes of legalizing it as a stand-alone. I feel we've seen the repercussions time and again. In a general sense, yes freedom, absolutely agree. But this is a weird thing. Maybe society has a hard time with it because it's not legal everywhere so people flock to places it is, including people with other issues to start with. Idk. But it wouldn't hurt to take a look at it for five minutes before saying "sure, I've seen other places crash and burn after this legislative action, let's try here too".
Even founding fathers understood every Right came with a Responsibility. So an irresponsible society will require stricter conservation.
That's the difference between a libertarian and a Conservative. Conservatives conserve the wisdom that's proven to work for society. Libertarians support freedom at the cost of society, which wouldn't you know it... leads to destroyed societies...
I know. Everything you said. It's so challenging, some of these issues. Idgaf who smokes pot, pay for it yourself and have fun. Ideologically. Like I don't care who drinks. But now you are in your car drunk driving and I'm driving my kids on the same road and I care a lot. Finding balance can be challenging. I think the pot thing could be figured out if we thought about it for a hot second. But politicians are so greedy and see the tax revenues, everyone makes it a "muh freedoms" thing. Like, maybe we invest in some treatment centers at the same time we legalize. That preserves freedoms and doesn't just say "fuck you" to those who become addicted to whatever. I'm just thinking out loud. Idk.
Lol you think all that stuff just popped up because they legalized pot? Colorado has been the Portland of the Midwest for a long time
That's how family/friends described it. Things were turning Liberal, those liberals pushed legalization, and everything went to shit real fast.