Russia is a Federal Republic, not a Democracy. The United States of America is a Constitutional Republic, also not a Democracy.
The US Constitution limits the powers of Government upon We The People. But where the rubber meets the road or in the real world that we currently live in, The Powers That Be are going to interpret what that means and what they will and will not allow, Constitution be damned. Not fair, not Constitutional, but that is where we are currently. As TMK often said, โWe have the money, the power, the medical understanding, the scientific know-how, the love and the community to produce a kind of human paradise. But we are led by the least among us โ the least intelligent, the least noble, the least visionary. We are led by the least among us and we do not fight back against the dehumanizing values that are handed down as control icons.โ
Let us declare nature to be legitimate. All plants should be declared legal, and all animals for that matter. The notion of illegal plants and animals is obnoxious and ridiculous.
โ Terence McKenna
All my posts are hypothetical and for educational/entertainment purposes, and are not an endorsement of said activities. SWIM (a fictional character based on other people) either obtained a license for said activity, did said activity where it is legal to do so, or as in most cases the activity is completely fictional.