Leftists and statists often try to control a conversation with such platitudes.
Some people make their living off pot.
Some people make a mighty fine living off pot.
They want to make more money off pot.
If those suckers want to give them money for a few minutes of forgetting the world, so be it. They’ll take the money. Those suckers deserve what they get.
The worst kind of lie is the lie you tell yourself and then come to believe.