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Is the U.S. a Police State?(lemmy.world)

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Let’s look at evidence:

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BobGnarley@lemm.ee
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Rethinking the war on drugs would be a serious step to change a lot of this.

They’ll let us all die before they ever consider that though.

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UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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Nixon’s War on Drugs was always intended as a tool to crush PoC and “hippie” counterculture revolutionaries.

Now it’s an excuse to harass and cage migrants, too.

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