Freecell [he/him]

So your argument is that the most important thing to prevent corruption of a democratic state is education and solidarity. I like that.

I’d also add that a classical liberal view to this problem would likely be that a solitary leader or oligarchy is much more corruptible than an electorate, so the point is moot: a ruling class would be more likely to be imposing immoral laws than vetoing them in the first place.

Apologies if this is a bit intro polsci, but I’ve undergone a bit of a magic eye switch in terms of democracy that I can’t seem to flip back. What if the majority of the population genuinely believes or is coerced into believing that something intrinsically immoral should be law e.g. slavery, unethical experimentation, endless overseas wars? Is this an instance where we want an autocratic figurehead like the President or Queen to step in and override the will of the people? In this case, is that good and desired? I legitimately do not know how to reconcile this in my stupid lib brain that assumes democracy = good. Obviously not every working of the state can be left up to the people, but where is the line? Is it really democracy if you can only actually vote for things the state deems as morally good? Should the people be allowed to vote for things that are reprehensible because that is a lesser evil than tyranny? Who determines what is ethical? And is it better to leave that judgment to a tyranny of the majority than a statesman? Does a democratic electorate even have any imperative to consider the morality of its decisions?

It’s not a bad take but honestly at the end of the day our system is some 18th century bullshit. I’d rather see a parliamentary system with a strong PM and a figurehead president at most

Love that hexbear gets posted on /r/animalporn or whatever like every week and everyone in the comments is like “damn remember chapo tho?”

As much as I like discussing that stuff, I worry that pro-use stuff outside of like incidental chat on main isn’t a worthwhile legal liability for the people hosting this site. Sidenote can we have /c/annabis for us legal-state pariahs

I’ll likely get clapped for saying this but this is why having openly socialist / socialist-adjacent people in Congress/local leadership is important. The appeal to authority is such a strong legitimizing force.

I would say the Million MAGA march is the lamest fucking coup attempt I’ve ever seen but Guaido exists lmfao

The term is tricky because much of what i think of as suburban America is actually referred to as exurbs in more official literature

It produces a light “high”, but you need to not have a tolerance to opioids. If you are tolerant to opioids it won’t really measure up as it has a strict ceiling. It will not cause respiratory depression, for instance.

I leaned on kratom to get through senior year of college. I used it 3-6 times daily and tapered off after college. I will warn you that getting off of it was relatively challenging and emotionally strenuous. It took about two months to get to an emotional baseline and about six months to feel 100%. Its addictive risk is comparable to coffee or vaping but watch out as it is very seductive if you have difficulty getting off of stuff. It’s better than drinking for sure but I found it difficult to imagine working a full-time job and using it.