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Daily 49er: Daily 49er - Our View-War on Drugs wasting $600 per second

  • Kirkmuse · 3 months ago
    The so-called war on drugs is a huge industry and huge bureaucracy.
    Victory in the drug war is not possible, nor is it the goal. Victory in
    the drug war would mean that the drug war industry and bureaucracy are
    out of business.

    There are basically two types of people who support the so-called war on
    drugs:

    Those who make their livelihood from it. This includes politicians and
    bureaucrats who are probably on the payroll of the drug cartels. (Al
    Capone had hundreds of politicians and prohibition officials on his
    payroll.)

    Suckers - taxpayers who have bought into the lies and propaganda of the
    drug-war industry and bureaucracy.

    Suckers - who are willing to deny liberty and freedom to others but
    think that their own liberty and freedom will never be in jeopardy.

    Suckers - who believe that criminalizing a substance will make it go
    away. Suckers - who think that drug prohibition somehow protects children.

    Suckers - who think that giving criminals control of dangerous drugs
    somehow protects children and our society.

    Suckers - who think that they live in a free country even thought the
    United States is the most incarcerated nation in the history of human
    civilization.