One of the dumbest takes is that prohibition didn’t work: prior to prohibition Americans drank 2 gallons of pure alcohol a year and many were drunks who beat their wives. Prohibition killed alcohol use by 30-40%
Avrum Burg is the former Speaker of the Knesset and chairman of the World Zionist Organization. On his substack, he just called for The Hague to prosecute the State of Israel for “crimes against humanity”:
https://t.co/UtXsk8Mrfe
“We can and must stop the flow of blood.
Here is how we can begin: We need one million Jews. Less than ten percent of the global Jewish population to file a joint appeal to the International Court of Justice in The Hague. A collective legal complaint against the State of Israel for crimes against humanity committed in our name and under the false banner of our Jewish identity.
It is time to say: enough!”
Syria under the al-Qaeda regime is living proof that “human rights” matter to Western governments only when they can be weaponized for geopolitical or financial gain.
Beyond that, the principles vanish.
Right wing authoritarianism - Criminals are punished.
Left wing authoritarianism - You get banned from going in the woods if it's dry out to prevent fires.