claim: ending prohibition would do more about the inequality that matters than any other intervention, but not for the usually cited reasons
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happiness studies is a fake domain of fake science but there’s evidence for the claim that most people are happy http://personal.lse.ac.uk/KANAZAWA/pdfs/PSPR2015.pdf …
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affect inequality (specifically some people having bad affect) is at base level what we care about and what matters
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almost all drugs that improve affect are illegal but very cheap to produce under free market conditions. that’s it
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And with science better ones could be created if it were not illegal. Still, some concern about Soma and Brave New World.
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I feel like worrying that people are too happy is a problem we should be so lucky to have
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Replying to @literalbanana
Economic and political dangers in a euphoric but zombified population. On a more concrete level, I think the opioid epidemic gives some reason for concern that human irrationality may not be well-suited to the chemical availability of happiness.
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I’m suspicious of the “opioid crisis” currently taking place under a prohibition regime
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prohibition tends to limit and concentrate available substances and remove group ritual guidance
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Prohibition is a policy that seems actually designed to maximize negatives and minimize positives.
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