• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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    2 months ago

    Again- lots of right-wing people love using cannabis. I can tell you from living right by the Illinois border but nowhere near a big city that I see Trump bumper stickers on big trucks at the dispensary constantly.

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      2 months ago

      Right and left wing are not the same as authority and lack of authority, it’s actually a different dimension (as shown on political compasses).

      Japan’s issue is their hierarchy and authority, them being right wing is not really what makes cannabis incompatible.

      Idk where the right wing connection came from

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          2 months ago

          Yes, which is what differentiates them from the old country club conservatives, they don’t just have right wing views of the economy, they want a leader with absolute power.

          Which is why it’s so dangerous and we shouldn’t be taking about left or right wing but authority vs freedom.

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            2 months ago

            It doesn’t even matter in the end. Their problem is clearly birth rate, and they were already criminalizing possession very harshly. Criminalizing use will just incentivize those that want to use to never actually return to their country. In essence making it worse.

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        2 months ago

        The terms right and left wing originated as a shorthand due describing monarchists and anti-monarchists. Authoritarianism is THE defining characteristic of the right. Things like economic policies only come into it because authoritarians prefer economic policies that give more power to economic elites.

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          2 months ago

          I mean, you can define it differently for sure, but modern politics basically use left and right wing as whether you want more hierarchy vs equality. Once you established that, the question becomes, do you force that by authority or do you do systems thinking to get the environment to encourage that.

          There are right wing people who believe in small government. They want hierarchy and “better” people to be on top, they just either want the market to decide (old school cons) or by taking it by force (GQP).

          But I do agree with you, right wing politics will always end up with a minority having most of the power, the how is what separates Trump vs Cheney.