• Roboticide@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Buddy, we’re still working on legalizing an absurdly common plant because for a while much of the country thought it was satanic or whatever.

    “In this day and age,” in America, of course it’s not legal yet. That is gonna take a long time.

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      No, it’s not illegal because people thought it was evil. It was illegal because it allowed the government to jail black men and war protestors and throw away the key.

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        …And because the cotton industry didn’t want to compete with hemp. … and more recently booze companies don’t want to compete with weed

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      The plant legalization is happening relatively quickly all things considered. Its funny how fast the laws change the moment the rich pigs smell potential profits of a new industry and the pressure of missing out on pocketing some of that sweet sweet tax revenue neighboring states are collecting instead.

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        Sure, but it’s also taking longer than it should. It’s also, fundamentally, not hard for even many conservatives to accept as “not that bad.”

        Legalized prostitution also has tremendous potential for new markets and profit, but it’s a lot harder for conservatives to accept compared to weed, as America is just too goddamn puritanical.