Just like the rest of Elton's work, High Society is both ingenious and provocative.
But for some reason, he toned down on the sarcasm in this piece of work. He made up for it with thought-provoking questions though, and that, for me, is more than enough.
High Society talks about drug problems, but the manner in which the issue was pursued is atypical.
A Member of the Parliament, Peter Paget was one of the only few people in London who were not in denial of the ever-worsening drug abuse by the society as well as all the crime induced by the evil substance.
His solution to all this? Legalize all drugs. Not just decriminalizing dope but making everything from ecstasy to heroin completely legal and can be bought over the counter at pharmacies and drug store.
His logic was that people are gonna use and abuse drug anyway. And since the drug habit was already impossible to curb, why continue giving power to the underground druglords?
Billions of tax money can be given back to the government if only the legalization came through. And besides, drug based crimes will be banished for once and for all. Who needs to break into people's homes to get the money to buy overpriced drugs from their dealers when they can pay for it at a cheaper price in the stores?
It's a good read, really it is.
I'm not entirely happy with the ending because i was hoping for the ending that it would be happy and predictable. But no such luck! Well, with Elton, you dont get that kind of luxury! Haha.
It's like his purpose in life is to leave people with something to think, making the book sort of never-ending (well, until you finally move on to think about something else, that is)
All in all, i say it's a pretty awesome read. Try it! :)
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