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EtTuRINOs 73 points ago +84 / -11

All wars are bankers' wars. This is nothing new.

Would you say that applies to ALL material wars too? Ie. "War on Drugs"

If yes, was that really the case for prohibition, which was essentially the "War on Alcohol"?

Edit: I don't know why I've gotten downvotes for a genuine question -_-

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Red37 49 points ago +50 / -1

Interesting to think about.

There were some who made very large sums of money in the war on alcohol. I’m sure people like Al Capone didn’t mind that alcohol was illegal because it made their positions possible.

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AmericaFloats 39 points ago +39 / -0

Dealers want decriminalization so you don’t worry about getting caught coming from their place.

Dealers don’t want legalization because their business will naturally go elsewhere.

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ramcolt1 26 points ago +26 / -0

"Dealers don’t want legalization because their business will naturally go elsewhere."

True, up to a point where the government taxes the newly-legalized drugs so much, that there becomes a parallel black market for said drugs. Its happening here in California with marijuana