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Michael Shellenberger and Leighton Woodhouse have made the point more than once that American progressives often cite Portugal as an example of drug decriminalisation done right, and yet the decriminalisation policies implemented in American cities are often much more extreme than in Portugal. I can't remember where but they interviewed a Portuguese cop and asked him "what would happen if a man was openly injecting heroin on the street in Portugal?" The cop replied "oh, he'd be arrested, immediately". My understanding is that this is not what happens in San Francisco.
I first wanted to write "It's like this with almost everything in EU vs America" but actually, it's like this with absolutely everything. People just want to take the parts they like and ignore those they don't, even if they work together or worse, the latter are the ones keeping the society running. Schools yes please, but requiring kids to go is mean; Universities yes please, but testing aptitude is mean; Generous welfare yes please, but having to look for work as a requirement is mean, and so on.
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