Originally posted by PalynkaOption d) is the most interesting because it seems to imply that:
A bit of everything.
a) you seem to think that you know my definition of a revolutionary. And you also seem to to think that you know that I think that I fit in in what you think that my definition of a revolutionary is.
b) You have a definition of what a revolutionary is and you think I fit in it.
Option a) is really presumptuous and option b) is really cute, but I don't think I'm a revolutionary in any sense of the word: I'm a consistent libertarian socialist.
Originally posted by kmax87Libertarian socialism is basically equivalent to anarchism. Although since the term 'anarchism' has gained such a pejorative connotation, many people find 'libertarian socialism' to be a better descriptor.
...."without private property"......I'll still stick to my guns, Waj will not like this left side attack on his kosher views....
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Originally posted by zeeblebotmaybe you should've checked with wiki before positing. it wouldn't matter if colombia made the production and distribution of all drugs legal as the us and europe (its two biggest markets) are very unlikely to do the same, resulting in prices staying about the same.
let me guess: dope costs too much and if colombia were to legalize it prices would go down worldwide.
btw you legally can carry some weed and cocaine in colombia, i think it's 5g of coke and 15g of weed but don't quote me on the exact figures. it is technically illegal to grow but the amazonas regions in which they're grown are largely ungoverned by the colombian government so a law change legalising it would only harm the government’s international relations without actually helping the growers a huge amount.
Originally posted by trev33if all legal controls are dropped in the main source country, prices are not going to remain the same in the consumer countries.
maybe you should've checked with wiki before positing. it wouldn't matter if colombia made the production and distribution of all drugs legal as the us and europe (its two biggest markets) are very unlikely to do the same, resulting in prices staying about the same.
btw you legally can carry some weed and cocaine in colombia, i think it's 5g of coke and 1 ...[text shortened]... he government’s international relations without actually helping the growers a huge amount.
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Originally posted by generalissimohow about the fact that there's visibly many more homeless people in colombia than in any other s. american county while the government continues to spend millions each year on a war they can't possibly win to please the middle class.
I see, do you have any specific reason to believe colombia's govt is guilty of such offense?
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Originally posted by zeeblebotyes they will. export restrains well stay the same and like i said even though it's technically illegal at the moment to grow weed and turn the coca plant into cocaine it's hardly governed at all within colombia so a law change will hardly change production. getting it out of the county and into the stats and europe will always be the tricky part until they themselves legalise the drugs. which they should.
if all legal controls are dropped in the main source country, prices are not going to remain the same in the consumer countries.
Originally posted by trev33if you can catch X pct of the cocaine at one border and Y pct of the cocaine at another border, then all of a sudden drop any restrictions on the border for pct Y, that leaves that much more cocaine to flood through the border for pct X. the cocaine captured at that border is going to go up, but a lot more cocaine is going to get thru, and the price is going to drop.
yes they will. export restrains well stay the same and like i said even though it's technically illegal at the moment to grow weed and turn the coca plant into cocaine it's hardly governed at all within colombia so a law change will hardly change production. getting it out of the county and into the stats and europe will always be the tricky part until they themselves legalise the drugs. which they should.
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Originally posted by zeeblebotwhen do you ever hear of the colombian government blocking a cocaine shipment? i never have. prices will stay the same, even if more does get through do you think dealers will bring the price down? i doubt it.
if you can catch X pct of the cocaine at one border and Y pct of the cocaine at another border, then all of a sudden drop any restrictions on the border for pct Y, that leaves that much more cocaine to flood through the border for pct X. the cocaine captured at that border is going to go up, but a lot more cocaine is going to get thru, and the price is going to drop.
i have heard of it; maybe i read the news more often or we get more s. american news.
dealers don't control the price so much. ask the economics guys. look at iran-contra.
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The Miami Herald
Fri, Sep. 02, 2005
4-ton cocaine cache seized in Bogotá
Authorities in Colombian made one of their biggest cocaine busts to date, uncovering 3.9 tons in a former diaper warehouse.