GertrudGoetheDec 9

America Has Become a Digital Narco-State - Paul Krugman

https://feddit.org/post/22735899

America Has Become a Digital Narco-State - Paul Krugman - feddit.org

Lemmy

Show threadderangerDec 9
I read the first paragraph of this article and I already think it sucks. If heroin was fully legalized, zero restrictions, we’d be much better off than the current situation we have right now with the war on drugs, fentanyl analogs, and xylazine. Full stop.
Show threadijon_the_human

Who is this author and why is he so ignorant of the past few decades of opiate problems in the US?

The author is Paul Krugman, a little known economist, writes for the papers I think.

Dec 9 at 10:03pmWeb
Show threadderangerDec 9
I’ve heard the name before but I’m not super tuned into this area. The analogy just really struck out for me in the first two paragraphs, monumentally so. If he writes with this amount of conviction about something he clearly has no idea about, I’m not likely to trust anything else that he writes in the same article. It’s important to know your limitations.
Show threadexplodicleDec 10
Sorry if I’m getting whooshed, but Krugman is an infamous economist. He takes really big swings and is sometimes incredibly wrong.
Show threadtechnocritDec 10
Another shill for the NYTimes… Check their op/ed pages. Full of worthless libs saying dumb shit.