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RE: Unpopular Opinion: I like Angela Merkel
She is no Ron Paul, but she is maybe one of the best chancellors we had... which is also a little bit sad ;)
She is no Ron Paul, but she is maybe one of the best chancellors we had... which is also a little bit sad ;)
We've had our share of "Better than X" too. Where Better still didn't mean good, it just meant NOT AS BAD.
you mean x=Hillary? :D
No, I was speaking of many different cases. There is a lot of "Better than X" type of statements that occur in politics.
There is also a lot of people who will vote for the Lesser of Two Evils.
Evil is still evil. I promised to not vote based upon lesser of two evils ever again. I did it in 2008 when I voted for Obama.
Never again.
It is not about winning. It is about choosing the person you think is the best choice. If that person does not win, that's fine you still did your job.
A lot of people vote purely based upon herd mentality and not at all based upon who would actually represent their interests best.
Hillary was really bad. I would have voted for ANY SINGLE person who was running before I voted for her. She should have been in prison long ago. The more you research her the more you find corruption, treason, death, etc linked to her. She's just VERY powerful, and I suspect has a lot of dirt on some other powerful people. Also people that challenge her or Bill often end up dead under mysterious circumstances such as committing suicide and somehow they did so by shooting themselves in the head twice.
Funny how I did not know much about the Clintons and then after watching House of Cards, I heard the story is also loosely based on the Clintons. I was like "huh? but Bill seems like such a chummy guy!"
House of Cards is a good comparison. The Clintons are actually worse than that though as they've done FAR more things like that. It is a pretty accurate comparison.
If we had elected Hillary that would have been a lot like electing an Organized Crime Leader (Mafia Boss, Godmother, etc) to run our country.
I also mentioned it very shortly, but Merkel does not seem very corrupt. Her arguments are usually either reasonable or she is doing something because the people do or do not want it. I thought of giving some examples, but I felt the article would get too long with that.
But here is one: Her position on marijuhana. She agrees that alcohol is the far more dangerous drug, but the people are used to and love alcohol. Many people do not feel that way about marijuhana.
And indeed 68% of Germans do not want cannabis to be legalized. So she is just doing what the people want. Even if that might be guided by misinformation by the media.
I am a voluntaryist... (anarchist by the classic meaning). I don't believe other humans should be able to tell you what you can and cannot put into your body. So legalize it all. You must be responsible for your own actions so until you actually harm another person, or their property why should I care what you are putting in your body?
Now it may be insane, but Portugal did this more than a decade ago and instead focused on treatment centers for those that wanted it. All of their drug related crimes, addictions, and things like HIV due to needle use have dropped dramatically and at a much less expensive price than trying to prevent people from putting banned substances in their bodies.
Furthermore, let's say I kill someone with a car because I am drunk.
Are there not already laws for murder, and/or manslaughter? How about for reckless driving?
So do we truly need to ban a substance or can't we simply use the laws that already exist when there is an actual VICTIM.
I believe No victim, no crime.
I'm all with you.
But Merkel would get actually impeached if she did that. She is after all the the head of a christian conservative party that is traditionally anti-drugs. It would not be the first time her party tries to get rid of her Horst Seehofer is the head of a group within the party (CSU) and is constantly putting her under pressure for unpopular decisions she make.
Oh an I live in Colorado. We legalized Cannabis a couple of years ago. The sky has not fallen. Crime has not increased. My house went from being worth $160K to being worth $250K this year as property prices are increasing because more people are moving here. Taxes made off of Marijuana sells have been in the billions.
It has been positive. I do not use substances, and I don't even drink alcohol but I am an advocate for legalizing them all.