Wednesday, October 14, 2020

toa rewind - make america debate again, part five (october 2016)

Part five today - I was gonna write a post, but then I got high!  This question resulted in recreational legalization with over 53% support (though there have been many false starts and roadblocks since the vote).

Unlike with the prior question, this one clarifies with some Business Bro thinking:

"That's right, but there is also the realistic element here that if a juggler has too many balls, something is going to drop. Better to pick the least valuable ball in that case and lower it gently than to just wait around until something shatters."

The quip about communities in Colorado trying to get out of legalization is a great example of using facts to distort the truth, particularly in a debate context. The path to the truth is paved with relevance, not facts; granting veto power to isolated exceptions is exactly how we talk ourselves out of the democratic process.