How to reduce crime

Jan Helfeld tries to lead Congressman Engel to objective conclusions on how to reduce crime.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• Rep.
• Engel
• jan
• helfeld
• crime
• philosophy

[olecodjur]

This guy is still an idiot since the first time i saw this same video a month ago - what is the point of showing this again?

[janhelfeld]

This video has not been shown before. Did you see it?

[dbmasta]

Drug use itself isn't the problem. It's the black market business activities that require weapons and violence in order to operate. Make the drug market legal, and no one needs to be secretive or protective about it.

People have the right to put whatever they want in their bodies. The consequences are up to them to face. The laws affecting drugs need not be any different than laws affecting alcohol.

[warzmx]

nice videos, keep them coming!

[scikoolaid]

I can at least commend the Congressman for acting in a reasonable nature with how he receives the questions and answers them (like not busting out of the chair saying 'I don't like your questions, good bye' like so many other interviewees do) but he certainly misses the point in how to approach the subjects and actually apply logic to how the nature of crime in of itself is conducted and labeled.

[1misanthropist]

If it's not hurting my self interest ( like getting behind the wheel when you're fucked up and endangering my life or second hand smoke)then I don't really care too much what others do. Exceptions would be say to not sell drugs to people who can be held accountale for their actions such as children. Otherwise, alls fair game. Your rights end where another's begins. Not that anybody has any rights because they are made up. In this world might makes right. I do or do not b/c I can or can not.

[Aryaba]

@agent008t Are you rational and logical sometimes?

[agent008t]

Jan, you are wrong on this one.

Your assumption that everyone is logical and rational is a false assumption.

[hugesinker]

Good questions!

[oiuoiu988]

have you read a lot of mises and rothbard???

[NottsBenAllan]

It looks like this guy is extremely uncomfortable with this line of questioning lol...

[n66178]

government is our parent though. And we all must come to accept the belief system of our glorious leaders.

[dbmasta]

(from below)...because there's nothing to snitch about, and the street dealers no longer have any business. Funds would no longer need to be spent on crack crackdowns and other drug related ops. You'll probably see a rise of "high in public" incidents, but I'd gladly take that in exchange for lower murder rates. Minimum wage would need to be eliminated simultaneously so unskilled, inexperienced, would-be thugs have a better chance of getting a start at a low paying job instead of street habits.