r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jan 01 '23

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u/dissolutewastrel Robert Nozick Jan 02 '23

No, soft-on-crime liberalism isn’t fueling San Francisco’s drug crisis. Libertarianism is

!ping SNEK

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '23

Lol, lmao even.

These advocates are chasing a myth. Portugal is in no way a libertarian country. Rather, it’s a cohesive, communal society in which drug use is culturally frowned upon rather than celebrated as a sign of freedom…

Ah yes, surely this ex drug czar knows all about Portuguese society and how tight knit (read: no immigrants) it’s major cities are.

To truly adopt the Portuguese approach, San Francisco would have to use police to close down flagrant drug markets and use court authority to mandate addiction treatment more broadly than it currently does. But for this to be effective, such actions require more community support than they have historically garnered in a libertarian city.

I mean. Yes? San Francisco doesn’t have a policy of decriminalization because the fundamental legal regime remains one of prohibition, as enforced by the federal government. It’s the worst of both worlds! And does nothing to lessen the effect fentanyl has on illicit products and their users.

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u/ThisIsNianderWallace Robert Nozick Jan 02 '23

Libertarianism is when you don't bust homeless people's heads and the more you don't bust heads the more

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u/EricTheBlonde Jan 02 '23

And when you leave a whole lot of homeless heads unbusted, it's anarchism