The video is Milton Friedman speaking on why drugs should be legalized, more than thirty years ago. A user made the comment that Milton Friedman was an idiot and that he was just out to show that government shouldn't do anything at all. The conversation didn't really start out relating whether drugs should be legalized, despite the content of the video. When I mentioned that maybe he wasn't actually an idea, and that Milton Friedman was interested in a decrease in crime and violence as a result of ending the War on Drugs, the commenter's response was juvenile. As I pointed out the positive correlation between drug enforcement and violence associated with the black market, his only response to me was "bullshit" and he refused to believe that such evidence could exist.
Jacob Gray
Nov 13, 2013
Most people here are missing the moral point he is trying to make here, what Friedman is trying to say is that even though drugs are harmful, if that harm is contained to their individual it's not within the right of law to use force to tell people stop doing it, he's by no means endorsing drug use.
Jacob Gray
Nov 13, 2013
Have
you really listened to what Milton Friedman has to say? You'll discover
that he's far from an "idiot." As far as Milton Friedman advocating
that the government shouldn't do anything, that's a fallacy. It appears
Milton Friedman advocates that positions because he advocates a position
that emphasizes much smaller government than most people are used, but
never did Milton Friedman say government had no purpose.
Mark Randall
Nov 13, 2013
+Jacob Gray
no Friedman is a doesnt know what the fuck hes talkin about with drugs, hes just trying to make liberal friends
no Friedman is a doesnt know what the fuck hes talkin about with drugs, hes just trying to make liberal friends
Jacob Gray
Nov 13, 2013
+Mark Randall
He's just trying to make liberal friends? I think it had more to do with the fact that it was more consistent with his theory of government, and the fact that he put freedom first. Not to mention he wanted to see the decrease in crime and violence.
He's just trying to make liberal friends? I think it had more to do with the fact that it was more consistent with his theory of government, and the fact that he put freedom first. Not to mention he wanted to see the decrease in crime and violence.
Mark Randall
Nov 13, 2013
+Jacob Gray
decrease in violence? what a lie
decrease in violence? what a lie
Jacob Gray
Nov 13, 2013
+Mark Randall
Look at the evidence, you'll see greater amounts of violence associated with the black market in areas where the War on Drugs is the most strictly enforced.
Look at the evidence, you'll see greater amounts of violence associated with the black market in areas where the War on Drugs is the most strictly enforced.
Mark Randall
Nov 13, 2013
Jacob Gray
Nov 13, 2013
+Mark Randall
Try reading the article "Effect of drug law enforcement on drug market violence: A systematic review." It demonstrates how significantly shows how large of an impact the Drug Was has on violence.
Try reading the article "Effect of drug law enforcement on drug market violence: A systematic review." It demonstrates how significantly shows how large of an impact the Drug Was has on violence.
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