Re:Dream Vendor "Canna_Bars" Sentenced to Prison
by wwright on Sunday September 20, 2020 @08:36AM
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The war on terror and war on drugs are closely related enough (through expansion of powers and economic policies such as allowing police to purchase old military equipment) that I wonder if itβs worth even treating them as separate things.
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Re:Dream Vendor "Canna_Bars" Sentenced to Prison
by Jon_Lowtek on Sunday September 20, 2020 @10:34AM
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The war on drugs has a lot more raids in the own territory while the war on terror has more bombings in foreign territory, so for now there are some major differences. However once using predator and reaper drones against citizens without any judicial oversight is normalized, that difference will be gone.
Re:Dream Vendor "Canna_Bars" Sentenced to Prison
by pc86 on Sunday September 20, 2020 @10:54AM
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There are quite a few domestic impacts of the war on terror: domestic spying and the USA PATRIOT Act are two huge examples. In the context of "bankroll law enforcement while diminishing the civil rights of citizens" it's nearly identical to the war on drugs domestically.
Re:Dream Vendor "Canna_Bars" Sentenced to Prison
by xxpor on Sunday September 20, 2020 @02:37PM
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In terms of domestic spying, it's hard to articulate any practical effect it's had though. People have certainly reacted to it (see the move to TLS everywhere, for example) but I can't actually think of any enforcement actions its linked to. There's almost certainly parallel construction out there, but compared to the war on drugs, which has lead to mandatory minimums, constant police harrassment, no knock warrants, etc, I'd have to concider the war on drugs the higher priority target for fighting.