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Re:Once hailed for decriminalizing drugs, Portugal is now ha... by bugglebeetle on Saturday July 08, 2023 @01:55AM (#36641718)
> They slashed funding to successful parts of the strategy and now claim the strategy failed.

Neoliberalism in a nutshell.

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Re:Once hailed for decriminalizing drugs, Portugal is now ha... by bolangi on Saturday July 08, 2023 @04:14AM (#36642421)
It's a bit like the matrix, wherever something good and helpful starts to develop anywhere, an agent in a green suit appears to put a stop to it.
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Re:Once hailed for decriminalizing drugs, Portugal is now ha... by eimrine on Saturday July 08, 2023 @04:36AM (#36642537)
Crabs in a bucket?
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Re:Once hailed for decriminalizing drugs, Portugal is now ha... by FooBarBizBazz on Saturday July 08, 2023 @09:43AM (#36644319)
I don't think so. The crabs are peers who pull each other down. This is more like the industrial seafood conglomerate that dragnetted the seabed, put you in the bucket, and now wants to push the lid down tighter.
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