I just gave the preface a quick once-over. While much of what he wrote is correct, he did get two things wrong.
Leftists don’t believe in freedom. They want total government controlled censorship of anything that doesn’t comply with their agenda, just as it was in the Soviet Union, currently is in Communist China and other communist countries, was in National Socialist Germany, and still is to a certain extent in most countries. But give them credit, they are experts at convincing the multitudes that they are all about freedom when not in power, while doing the opposite once in power.
Another thing he gets wrong is drugs and alcohol. For instance, driving while stoned. If the drug user wants to get stoned, do it at home and stay there. But the minute he goes out on the road behind the wheel of a vehicle, he now endangers others. Good luck with pointing that out to the overwhelming majority of those who demand legalized drugs.
At the same time, banning drugs has worked out about as good as Prohibition did.
Regarding how Prohibition really worked…
…Per what I was told by some old timers, Al Capone had supplier operations in Wisconsin. Many were conveniently located near railroad stations. The feds would drive up there to do a bust. One problem. The telegraph went faster than the fastest vehicle. By the time they showed up 8 hours to over a day later (roads were gravel or less, got mud?), the evidence was well hidden or destroyed. “Alcohol? This is spring water. Here is the spring. Inspect the bottles for yourself if you don’t believe us.”
Then there was transportation. The Feds would stop traffic and inspect freight cars and baggage cars. But they never inspected locomotive tenders. Why? That is too much work, requires getting dirty with all that coal dust, and the railroads are always adding water to tenders. Any alcohol would be diluted down to being worthless. Right? But where did the bottles of alcohol end up? In the tenders to be fished out at the engine servicing facilities in Chicago. Of course, everyone but the Feds were in on it, each getting his cut.
Who were Capone’s suppliers? Everyone from the farmer with several milk cows, a fruit and vegetable garden, and perhaps an orchard to small cheese factories. Most people don’t realize that equipment used for making cheese is easily converted over for making alcohol.
As for one size fits all justice system, I believe that it has shown it is broken. Some states have the death penalty. Others don’t. When the death penalty was added to the books, was there any real reduction in murders? How are the innocent getting what they deserve when falsely prosecuted for something they didn’t do and end up on death row? Then there is the fact that people are punished simply for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, or for not having the “correct” political views.
Regarding the death penalty, what I find disturbing is those who proclaim themselves to be very religious are the most in favor of punishing the innocent, “if only it will prevent one more crime.” They are the same ones who are first in line to scream “death and let my god sort it out.” Why is this? That is all they know, as it is what they were taught.
, reminded me of… “but what I do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you.”