• Zexks@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    An angle i havent seen anyone latch onto yet is the fact that the US is trying to dictate to the world what is or isnt allowed to be transported between countries. If 2 countries decide they want cocain and heroin to be legal and want to trade it who is the US to step in and tell them no. How long until this spirals to other commodities that arent considered “drugs”

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      5 hours ago

      I’m somewhat split on this

      Basically you’re right, the US should not dictate what other countries transport between themselves, but…

      There are more than enough materials that indeed should not be allowed to be shipped anywhere. Heroine is one of those materials, there is no good application for that, period. Anything needed for actual medical or research purposes can be acquired via other channels. Two countries wanting to transport cocaine are up to no good, thatuch should be obvious.

      The bigger problems are that these assholes act as if criminals are the same as a country. You’re not at war with criminals, we have a justice system for that. Criminals go to court, and a judge and jury will sentence them and their main function is not to incarcerate the criminal, it’s to ensure the innocent aren’t incarcerated. You just cut all that away and started murdering possible criminals, but definitely a bunch of innocent citizens.

      Murdering innocent civilians is nothing new for the US, but it is new that it is done so brazenly, so openly, and worst of all, with pride.

      And basically nothing is done to stop this. These no kings protests had a net zero effect, nothing changed

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      12 hours ago

      Because cartels have A LOT of money. Money can be used to influence everything. The US also has a lot of money. The US is deciding who’s money gets to influence everything. It’s a power struggle.