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minus-squareScaramangalinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·9 hours agoBanning things has never worked. Just look back at history, it just drives things underground.
minus-squareGaslov@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·9 hours agoIt does work. It objectively reduces whatever is banned. Just because enforcement cannot be 100%, that does not mean outlawing certain activities is a failure. Prohibition, for example, reduced alcohol consumption by 70%.
minus-squareScaramangalinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoNo it didn’t. Alcohol sales increased during prohibition. A lot of people got rich through the sale of alcohol flooding through from Canada.
Banning things has never worked. Just look back at history, it just drives things underground.
It does work. It objectively reduces whatever is banned. Just because enforcement cannot be 100%, that does not mean outlawing certain activities is a failure. Prohibition, for example, reduced alcohol consumption by 70%.
No it didn’t. Alcohol sales increased during prohibition. A lot of people got rich through the sale of alcohol flooding through from Canada.