Episode 424 • • 2:06:03 - 2:14:32
424: Internet Governance
Amsterdam Red Light District, Weed Passes, and Lodewijk Asscher
Deputy Mayor Lodewijk Asscher leads a campaign to "revitalize" Amsterdam by closing marijuana coffee shops and reducing the number of windows in the Red Light District. The city is implementing a "weed pass" system and subsidizing fashion designers to replace traditional brothels. The hosts argue this destruction of 17th-century Dutch culture will simply drive the sex and drug trades underground, creating "11-year-old pimps."