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Apparently the Dutch are not as smart as the Americans. It's simple: 1- Legalize Guns so people can shoot each other over anything 2- Privatize Prisons so that greedy CEOs can take over the "business" 3- Create laws that can criminalize you for any stupid thing you do, procedures that make everyone frustrated, and an economy that keeps you bankrupt most of the time

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Of course you need to legalize guns, it's to protect yourself from other people with guns!

The only solution to the shootings in the US is to equip more people with guns, you know, for "protection".

Or to have a chance against a guy armed with a knife.

Or for a small person to have a chance against a big person. Or an old person to have a chance against a young person. Or for one person to have a chance against lots of people.

All those measures will take a long time to take effect. You can't expect culture to change over night.

Luckily if you want results NOW, all you gotta do is outlaw marijuana. Nothing fills prisons like a War on Drugs.

Cannabis is technically a white-listed illegal substance, for which the possession, consumption, and sale is legal up to certain thresholds. Amusingly, the sellers require a license and are not supposed to purchase stock to sell. Viz. The cannabis being sold is appearing out of thin air!

> Amusingly, the sellers require a license and are not supposed to purchase stock to sell.

Correct, it's a schizophrenic situation that pro-legalization and liberal parties have been trying to solve for a while.

However, since 2002 more conservative, christian and/or centre-right parties have been ruling who ideally want to criminalize again so it's not getting solved any time soon.

> Legalize Guns so people can shoot each other over anything

The pinnacle of honest characterizations /s

You don't really need point 3. It's implicit in point 2, because private prisons will allocate funds to lobbyists in pursuit of regulatory capture, resulting in 3.

Are you the waterflame that wrote the music for Geometry Dash?

I recognize your sarcasm. Upvoted.

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