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SKJ

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  1. I would think that most Americans, especially in the states that are going to be beaten to death with the upcoming job losses, wouldn't see it as communism, since they'd be in it. The only thing anywhere near communism is the rich's entanglement with government.
  2. I would be crazy excited for a yang/butti paring. A Yang in the booty if-you-will
  3. This is an important thing to understand
  4. Well ok Mr Yang. I mean, he's actually pushing a candidacy of ideas. From his recent email: Both Iowa and New Hampshire, along with nearly the entire country, are struggling with opiates. A student asked me this question in Marshalltown, Iowa: “I have friends walking around my high school with fentanyl patches on their arms who are already addicted to opiates. A lot of them would never tell anyone they have a problem because they think they’d go to jail. Would you consider decriminalizing opiates? I think more people would be able to get help.” I answered: “I’m on board with decriminalizing marijuana use—in part because it’s a safer way to manage pain for many people—but I have to look into what decriminalizing opiates would mean for Americans. I’d be open to it if it seemed like it would help us get people healthier faster.” I’ve been looking into it. A couple other countries have taken this step and it has improved public health. Portugaldecriminalized these drugs in 2001; if caught with a small amount of opiates, you have the drugs taken away and are referred to treatment and counseling. This had dramatic positive effects—today, the drug-related death rate in Portugal is five times lower than the E.U. average and one-fiftieth (2%) of the US. Portugal is not the US. But its example may be helpful. We have an addiction crisis on our hands. More than 11 million Americans are addicted to opiates right now. 8 Americans are dying of drug overdoses every hour. For many Americans, the progression goes from Oxycontin to heroin to fentanyl, progressively cheaper ways to get similar effects. This opiate crisis began when Purdue Pharma flooded the market with enough Oxycontin for hundreds of thousands of Americans under the pretense that it was a non-addictive painkiller. They were fined $635 million by the government for fraudulent marketing. But they made $30 billion. That means they paid a 2% fine for unleashing a plague that is killing tens of thousands of Americans each year. That's more Americans than died in the Vietnam War. To me, the Federal Government screwed up by turning a blind eye when Purdue Pharma was initiating this plague. We should do everything in our power to give more Americans a fighting chance to free themselves from addiction and get well. It is destroying families and communities before our eyes. It is possible that criminalizing opiates decreases access and use. But for a public health crisis of this magnitude, the criminal justice system seems to be a terrible first resort. It pushes a lot of the activity underground and makes addicts more likely to hide their addiction. Addiction is a disease—you shouldn't criminalize people that you are trying to help. Especially when it may be partially your fault that they got addicted in the first place. I am increasingly open to the idea that we should explore decriminalizing opiates to some extent in order to more effectively address the public health crisis. We have to face facts. Millions of Americans are using these drugs right now. The priority should be doing all we can to help, not punishing people and pushing the behavior into the dark. Portugal may have gotten it right.
  5. Yeah, I understand that, but then again, there are those that are just as unreasonable on the other side, those that believe that if they bring charges against someone that they're just guilty as hell. I understand that it's never going to change, but there's an element to each end of the spectrum that should not serve for lack of fairness.
  6. That shit is dope. You must see it for what it is... A revolution of sorts
  7. I was on the chan before I came here. I found this place, then left there. I guess I matured
  8. 4chan is basically a dystopia that has rejected most of the status quo in advance. It's really just an image board with a lot of surly assholes on it.
  9. Ha ha ha Yang isn't the groyper candidate. Quit trying to act like you're not alt right. You know Yang isn't fucking alt right, you wierdo
  10. How much? You should read about that first
  11. 4chan is being overrun by the yang gang. Shit is hilarious
  12. A video of Tim pool. He's a very large douche. Anyways... Rise of the pink hats https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/03/rise-of-the-pink-hats/amp/
  13. It doesn't matter, because not black. Of course, if he does wear a tan suit it'll be very problematic because he's gay
  14. So, when I got shot and subsequently was DOA, I bled out internally. It was a very, very comfortable death. Bleeding out is how I want to go
  15. He's definitely a fucking code talker You must understand, I fucking hate that fuck. I can't stand watching his bullshit on Rogan, and others, and he turns my stomach. But in terms of getting Yang some name recognition? Sheet...
  16. Holy fucking shit. Tim Pool? That's a major, major get
  17. Yang at sxsw
  18. This kind of shit will keep happening until we get that damn wall built
  19. Well, 4chan got behind him because of what they call the NEET lifestyle. They're calling the freedom dividend NEETbux.
  20. No, I would sit out because, as I've seen it, all of our best candidates get weeded out for some watered-down, middle of the road piece of shit who sells out to corporate lobbies and then does literally nothing of any benefit for America.
  21. I AM LITERALLY SAYING THAT PEOPLE SETTLING FOR "ELECTABLE" OR WHATEVER OTHER WAY YOU WANT TO PUT IT, ARE THE FUCKING PROBLEM. how can you not understand that? My favorite candidate, Mr. Yang, had started he would like to have a ranked choice ballot, which would help that situation, but as of now it doesn't. So we get stuck with nothing but bullshit
  22. Now I feel like you're trying to argue. You want to keep pushing, keep pushing. What you need to realize is that while I need to grow up, you need to wise up. The way it stands now, all that matters is fucking name recognition and fucking money. That's our system. You seem to think that that's a working system. The moron vote, the money vote and the TV time are all that will choose our next president. Is the system working? I need to grow up?
  23. I'm not saying you're angry, but you are kind of leaving towards being insulting which would tend to denote anger. Trust me, I know. That's why I took a day off, to get my head back normal
  24. I'm not sure what I'd do. I probably won't even vote. I generally don't vote because neither is worth a fuck. I'm guessing I'll be having that opinion after the first primary
  25. You should take a step back. I did. I took a day off and I feel much less tired of this shitshow of politics.
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