"I may have found a way to spot U.S. at-sea strikes before they're announced"

Re:"I may have found a way to spot U.S. at-sea strikes befor... by potato3732842 on Thursday November 06, 2025 @12:25PM (#45837687)

My point is that even if the government would rather not have a drug trade fueled competing government within it's borders (which is what the cartels basically are) there's a whole bunch of people in the pickaxe business that would rather the gold rush remain profitable which potentially constrains the government's ability to solve the problem itself.

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Re:"I may have found a way to spot U.S. at-sea strikes befor... by mothballed on Thursday November 06, 2025 @01:02PM (#45838200)

If I were the police looking to sell the most "pickaxes" I'd be thinking more about how I could take bribes from traffickers and also sell out the traffickers (or just selected patsies with the blessing of the cartels) to the US authorities at the same time.

They may be able to sell even more pickaxes than before.

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Re:"I may have found a way to spot U.S. at-sea strikes befor... by potato3732842 on Friday November 07, 2025 @12:16PM (#45848592)

Not just the police. They're just providing "pay me to F-off". There's guys building boats, guys driving trucks, etc, etc. It's a part of the overall economy and everyone who gets a cut, and every local government who themselves get a cut has a huge incentive to not kick that industry out.

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