Thread: Waking up even more.

Originally Posted by stonedape

People are trying pretty hard right now just to get cannabis legalized. They can't even get it medicinally approved. There's too much bureaucracy right now to start a resource based economy. What I'm saying is how do you get the people to want this type of thing? If you want to try this avenue, how do you combat the propaganda already in play? If it's so simple, why isn't it happening?

You like your pot huh? The sheeple in this town pay $60 a quarter oz for
it.....wtf!?!
I wonder what would happen if they legalized pot? I bet the governments
would love love love to legalize pot if they could get away with it. Isn't that
just a hell of a lot more money for them? If they legalized it, wouldn't they
try to control everything about it, including growing and distributing?
Would we also be allowed to grow it too then?
Would there be pot stores everywhere like the beer stores here in Canada?
Would they grow and sell us crap pot, or could you shell out a few more
bucks for dynamite pot as well?
What would happen to the poor small time pot dealers? lol
Or would it just continue on the way it always has with no legal worries?
I'll tell you one thing, if it was government controlled, it would be a hell
of a lot cheaper.
These are the things I think about. lol

What about just straight decriminalization? Can someone elaborate on the difference between that and legalization? I tried to ask my stoner friends but they're just like 'man, it's like, one costs more money, man'. Is there even a difference at all?

Originally Posted by Grod

What about just straight decriminalization? Can someone elaborate on the difference between that and legalization? I tried to ask my stoner friends but they're just like 'man, it's like, one costs more money, man'. Is there even a difference at all?

I'm not 100% sure which term is which, but one is if you take away jail time and just give a fine for weed possession under a certain weight limit (like a parking ticket), and the other means that weed possession has neither jail time nor a fine (like possessing alcohol).

Originally Posted by drewmandan

I'm not 100% sure which term is which, but one is if you take away jail time and just give a fine for weed possession under a certain weight limit (like a parking ticket), and the other means that weed possession has neither jail time nor a fine (like possessing alcohol).

Thanks, I see. I'm pretty sure the fine is decriminalization. I guess I would be down with that. It would be better than having the government regulate it's distribution and/or put a heavy tax on it. Though I don't see how they could stop you from growing your own if it was legal.

The same way they stop you from growing your own Tobacco

Tell me, how would work be exchanged in a wonderful money-free resource-based economy?

We have the technology and know how to makes resources avaliable. How is sea shells and sand at the beach exchanged? Try package and sell it to people at the beach that will be your job but no-one will care. No-one will give you the purchasing power. Try and sell ice to an Eskimo maybe tie a ribbon around it. He still won't buy it off you it's not a job anymore.

Now think about not just sand and sea shells. But other things that could be abundant. Now you have everything you need to live already. Why would you buy it? Now what is your job? If you lay in the sun it will get boring contribute/develop your talents. Realize there is an entire universe to explore not just a Job.

So how can a money system work selling sand at the beach? It can't. That's why it will fail in a resourced based economy where things are avaliable.

Remember technology can make resources intelligence is put to use.

Originally Posted by Minervas Phoenix

We have the technology and know how to makes resources avaliable. How is sea shells and sand at the beach exchanged? Try package and sell it to people at the beach that will be your job but no-one will care. No-one will give you the purchasing power. Try and sell ice to an Eskimo maybe tie a ribbon around it. He still won't buy it off you it's not a job anymore.

Now think about not just sand and sea shells. But other things that could be abundant. Now you have everything you need to live already. Why would you buy it? Now what is your job? If you lay in the sun it will get boring contribute/develop your talents. Realize there is an entire universe to explore not just a Job.

So how can a money system work selling sand at the beach? It can't. That's why it will fail in a resourced based economy where things are avaliable.

Remember technology can make resources intelligence is put to use.

I am 99% sure you are Mystic7.

Minervas, are you not a sheeple too? Don't you work for a living?
Don't you pay costly taxes? Don't you give ins.companies a lot of
money who very rarely ever have to pay out? Don't you also have
to pay for simple creature comforts?

This bugs the crap outta me....
You know how we try to call a company who provide us with some
kind of comfort? Say Hydro. You have an ordinary question. You'll
never get through to anyone. You'll just be sent from recording to
recording to recording or left on hold for an hour. But...if you
want through to their bill-payment department, they'll answer
almost immediately!
We are controlled and we have very little power. There's nothing
we can do about it that I can see. What's the solution?