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We could send all of the people fighting the war on drugs, they're used to achieving nothing.
Most cops would never make it through that much required training, tbh.
Still, more training than the Russians are given, and no one wants the boys in blue back, so: win/win.
They're only achieving nothing when you take the "war on drugs" at face value.
The USA has for-profit prisons, inmates that are functionally slave labor and an incarceration rate well beyond that of comparable countries.
Psychopathic neoliberals profit from the "war on drugs". It's not a byproduct of the war on drugs, it's one of the goals.
You don't have to politely accept it when they claim "it's not about that". Make them prove it by putting an end to the exploitation of prisoners and their families and investing in harm minimization strategies that actually work.
🤣😂🤣 Wait wait hol'up. You got me with "Psychopathic neoliberals". 🤣 I gotta take a breath here, but: tell me how they're the ones "profit from the 'war on drugs'". I'm all ears! Bahahaha!
Do you know what a neoliberal is or did you see there word "liberal" and assume you knew everything you needed to know?
Aw, jimmies rustled? Go touch grass, cupcake.
I already worked out you were a fucking idiot but sure, demean yourself in public if you really want to.