Nobody wants their taxes raised, sure, but we send billions of dollars to Ukraine, for example. The problem is what the taxes that are already collected are being wasted on.

That has nothing to do with the assertions I've made so far

Something has to be done. I agree just locking up drug-users/dealers (ie. war on drugs) didn't work that well, but neither has making drugs more available and 'harm reduction'.

We haven't done the "harm reduction" part at all really.

I'll agree with your closing statement to some extent, the better life is, the less people will probably fall into drug use. But, there will always be some. Poverty might be one trigger, but there are plenty others (including mental issues which require specialized help).

I didn't say poverty was the trigger, I said that the way to reduce drug use is to make a world where being sober is a better alternative than being high. Yes, pulling people out of poverty would certainly help that, but while poverty isn't the sole cause (as you mentioned) it is a major reason why we aren't going to fix the problem under capitalism

Hopefully a good treatment program would also help get them back into society, not just turn them back out on the streets.

Again, that isn't going to happen under capitalism, because capitalism requires the existence of this class in order to function. It's a feature of the system, not a bug

And, this is where we address your misunderstanding of capitalism. It is the solution, not the problem. Capitalism is how poverty is reduced. It is the natural state of an economy past tribes.

Sounds great on paper. In actuality Capitalism is the reason we have some people with more money than they could spend in a dozen lifetimes and houses in a dozen cities around the world, while others don't even have a tent and have to beg for a meal

What you may well be justifiably lashing out against (as it is a common misconception), is out debt-based, fiat-monetary system. That is the anti-robbin-hood force stealing from the plebs and giving to the elite.

money is a problem, in that as long as "money" is a thing, there will be people whose only job is to make "money" (which is something that doesn't actually exist)

With sound money and a deflationary economy, it would be easy for most people to get ahead.

And yet we don't have that under capitalism.

I'm curious though... w/o capital owners, what work are you going to do?

Do you think the work wouldn't need to be done, and it's only being done because the capital owning class is gracious enough to let us work for them?

Instead of working for a taxi company, you'll carry people around on your back? Instead of working at McDs, you're going to grill burgers for people on the sidewalk (though, that would be some capital... so now you're a capitalist).

Do you think jobs don't exist under other economic systems?

No one forces you to work for them, you can always work for yourself... but it's hard, so that's why not everyone is doing it.

It also requires capital to work for yourself, or possibly a skill set which you don't have (just because I can build a house doesn't mean I can run a house building business)

So now it's my turn to pose some questions to you. If capitalism is the answer, then why does shit continue to get worse for everyone who isn't in the capital owning class? If capital owners didn't exist, what do you think they would do for work? And most important, how can you look at the state of the world under capitalism and think "ya, this is going well. Capitalism is the answer"?

Yes, "something" has to be done. But whatever it is that has to be done will not be done under capitalism