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peacepath@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
War on drugs do not aim at reducing drug trasfic nor drug use. We all know it has never been effective anywhere for any drug.
We also know that treating drug as a medical problem is the best way to reduce both use and traffic.
War on drugs are just a way to force dealers to become more professional, and avoid “freelance” ones. War on drugs are a pure win for drugs, from their start.
Varpeggio@lemmy.zip 16 hours ago
And to feed the prison industrial complex, of course.
WoodScientist@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
I see it as a direct continuation of:
Slavery->Sharecropping and Jim Crow->mass incarceration
Slavery never ended. The name just changed to be more polite, with a fig leaf of freedom and free will. Additionally we realized two things:
It’s more economical to hold slaves in large central facilities than dispersed.
The best way to fight abolitionism is to convince the populace that the slaves deserve it.
peacepath@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
workers at the charge of public expenses, working for the benefits of private companies 😍
beejboytyson@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Ugh, that’s dystopian.
peacepath@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Don’t worry, it can’t become true…
en.wikipedia.org/…/Penal_labor_in_the_United_Stat…
CADmonkey@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Yup they wanted to get “those people” off the streets.