Something I've noticed about you Americans is that you NEVER take responsibility for anything. Ever. It's always someone else's fault. Russia, China, Mexico, alqaeda.... On the opiods - China Russia Mexico arent forcing you to take drugs that's on you. You create the demand. I don't hate America. Beautiful place. Its the people that fuck it up.
I wonder why this whole "my body, my choice" movement never made a stink about the "no, shoes, no shirt, no service" deal we've been living with forever? So now when it is "no shoes, no shirt, no vaccine, no service", it is somehow a violation of bodily rights. If you don't want to get the vaccine, fine then! Then you don't get to shop at stores and you don't get to eat at a restaurant. Boo fucking hoo. Eat at home and shop at Amazon. WTF.
I'm not anti mask at private establishments. I'm anti government doing anything, more or less. The French experience is no one is enforcing these "mandates".
without reading all, don’t we all around the globe do this? Human nature. Kind regards, a ‘random north-european’
It's just a formal rebuke of what's been happening. There has always been an uneasy peace between the French kings and their serfs.
I mostly agree with that. However, China knows what they are doing. They have been asked to stop the illegal fentanyl production, they agree (in 2019), but did not really do anything. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ex...dering-us-fentanyl-fight-congress-2021-08-24/ But you're right that the demand side of the problem is entirely cultural and no one is forcing Americans to take fentanyl. Some will argue that over-prescription for legitimate purposes leads to illegitimate purposes, but that's not the primary reason for all the youth overdoses in America.
There were only a couple of times in my life I considered drugs to escape the feelings about my life situation. I never did though. This has nothing to do with demand side and everything to do with a sick society. The society is dying, or dead. There is a very low rate of marriage partnerships, big business is choking out small business with the help of government, we are going back to being serfs with fewer rights than serfs!