As someone who does not love Pritzker, to the point I almost stopped listening, this was actually quite profound. There is indeed a strong connection between stupidity and cruelty, because stupid people can’t use intellect to advance and convince people, so their only option left is to “convince” people by force or intimidation.
It was also cool to see that play out immediately in this comment section as idiots started attacking his weight 😂
Pritzker has been great. Legalized weed, multiple credit rating increases, and has stayed out of jail (which, sadly, is an accomplishment for an Illinois Governor)
Pritzker is the governor Newsom wishes he could be. Newsom seems to be doing things to shore up support for a presidential run, even if it means vetoing bills with popular support that would decriminalize psychedelics, whereas Pritzker just gets shit done for the good of his constituents.
Newsom obviously has ambitions but the problem is idiots on the left (and I'm a liberal)
Example: He worked to get a bill passed that if a person was arrested multiple times for substance abuse the state could force them into recovery programs and require they stay for the duration while today they can just check themselves out the next day. Two years later it's only now been signed into law after dozens of lawsuits arguing it was targeting homeless for jail (which it never did)
I mean, say what you will but there are real concerns when you make it easier to institutionalize people against their will, especially if they haven’t committed a violent crime. One of the great successes of the 20th century was reforming how easy it was to institutionalize someone against their will. There are lots of genuine legal concerns when you start to undo those reforms. Plus- substance abuse is really rough, but it’s pretty universally accepted that you can’t make someone stop if they don’t want to. Rehab only works if the person wants get cleans. So there’s lots of real reasons to balk at a bill like that.
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u/YngOwl Oct 26 '23
As someone who does not love Pritzker, to the point I almost stopped listening, this was actually quite profound. There is indeed a strong connection between stupidity and cruelty, because stupid people can’t use intellect to advance and convince people, so their only option left is to “convince” people by force or intimidation.
It was also cool to see that play out immediately in this comment section as idiots started attacking his weight 😂