Arrest, prosecution, and punishment is an excellent response to public intoxication and drug activity. People do not fundamentally change their behavior because of “art therapy” or community service.
Soft treatment of these public order crimes is designed to destroy the spiritual health of as many middle and working class people as possible, as a way of reducing resistance to rule by Seattle & Washington’s new aristocrats - high status people who HATE having to defer, in matters of governance, to free citizens of lower status than themselves. In a nutshell - more addicts means fewer MAGA voters.
Arrest, prosecution, and punishment is an excellent response to public intoxication and drug activity. People do not fundamentally change their behavior because of “art therapy” or community service.
Soft treatment of these public order crimes is designed to destroy the spiritual health of as many middle and working class people as possible, as a way of reducing resistance to rule by Seattle & Washington’s new aristocrats - high status people who HATE having to defer, in matters of governance, to free citizens of lower status than themselves. In a nutshell - more addicts means fewer MAGA voters.