20% of Americans think the war on drugs is worth the costs. How many states just passed referenda legalizing marijuana use? This is not a fringe position.
I'm having a hard time finding polling on the justice system as a whole, but the supremes are around 40/40 split on approval/disapproval.
20% of Americans think the war on drugs is worth the costs.
That might be true. There are a lot of conversatives who believe that most government programs aren't worth the cost. It however doesn't mean that those people are in favor of legalisation.
According to the latest Gallup poll 50% still believe that marijuana should be illegal.
That's just marijuana. When it comes to harder drugs even more people want them to be illegal.
I was thinking about the hazards of bad government, and wondering if there was a way for the LW community to do something to oppose them, and it occurred to me that we might be picking up the problem by the wrong end.
The usual way of thinking about political action is to start with one's political identity (progressive, libertarian, whatever), and that's likely to put one at odds with people who have opposed identities.
Instead, I believe there are projects which could appeal to rationalists across a wide range of the political spectrum. A couple I can think of are opposing the war on drugs and improving judicial systems. Any other suggestions?