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  • drislands@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    He said laws don’t do anything

    No, he didn’t. He said laws don’t deter crime. That only means “they don’t do anything” if you think the only purpose is to deter crime, which I argue is not the case. At the very least, laws lay out punishment like fines.

    If a law criminalizing X is passed, but the amount of times X is committed doesn’t meaningfully decrease, then it has not deterred the crime. If being convicted of X results in a fine paid to the state however, then the law has served to increase the income of the state – while not deterring crime. Consider the war on drugs, for example.

    Incidentally, fuck you and your condescending attitude. Seriously, take a Xanax or something, Christ.