[fruser1]

Booze and smokes have an extra degree of nazi treatment by the gov imposed on them. You’d have to say drinking and smoking are only “quasi-legal”.

[neverevergiveup]

Every aspect of your life is in some way regulated by government, and if they had their way it would be much more intrusive. If you've ever lived in a place with a homeowner’s association, and saw how those neighbors who had the time and inclination to be on that association board acted, you have a blueprint for why government is the way that it is.

[Bonemaker]

Honest to god for all the bragging about “freedom”, “exceptionalism” and all around wonderfulness of America, we’ve got to be the most corrupt westernized nation on earth.