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The unreasonable nature of drug laws
The use, cultivation, and possession of cannabis does not harm the rights of any other person.
29 July 2024
The use, cultivation, and possession of cannabis does not harm the rights of any other person.
South Africa cannot afford to entertain protectionism given its dire economic situation.
The best way to create prosperity, is by simply allowing people to pursue it however they deem fit without violating the rights of one another.
South Africa is in the unfortunate position of having an ineffective but expensive government.
It is safe to say that the South African state is failing at fulfilling their end of the responsibility. The crime rate and the conviction rate are a testament to this.
Africa in the modern day is actually a result of the forced centralisation of states or federations that were autonomous or semi-autonomous in their own right.
The problems of high wages and a low headcount which affect South African policing also affect the judiciary and the prison system.
Not paying a TV license should not attract any form of criminal charges because it harms no rights aside from the ones the SABC ‘has’ due to legislation.
When resources are expended on policing behaviour that harms no one, resources are diverted away from those crimes that actually have victims.
That we over criminalise in this casual fashion means that a chilling effect is introduced into banking entrepreneurship.