• queerdo@feddit.online
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    1 day ago

    I’m sure this will finally end the totally necessary and effective war on drugs. Thank god we spend billions on that rather than on any kind of social services!!

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      1 day ago

      Are you seriously suggesting we just leave the cartels alone? They’re some of the most evil people on the planet.

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        1 day ago

        Yes, leave them to the people who actually have to live with the consequences of their existence; they’re more likely to do actually effective things rather than drop a bomb and make everything worse. If you want to do something about some of the most evil people on the planet, go bomb Congress or Wall Street (the White House will do in a pinch).

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            1 day ago

            Some people just want to be outraged, and damn the facts.

            There was a story here about the failure of the Moa point sewage plant failure in Wellington, which I’m pretty familiar with, as I live here. Multiple people commented about corporate greed destroying the environment etc, despite the fact this was a council owned asset.

            They also didn’t like me pointing this out, either.

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                1 day ago

                Yes, the same military ‘ally’ who was suggesting a couple months ago to bomb mexico without Mexico’s permission.

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          1 day ago

          First, this was a shootout, not a bombing. Second, it was the Mexican military, who I’m pretty sure feel the effects of their actions, living in the country and all.

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            Yes, I’m saying that Americans should let Mexicans (including the Mexican military) deal with their cartel problem and stay out of it.

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                15 hours ago

                That the US shouldn’t pressure Mexico to do this or that to the cartels (which is what happened here), but also more generally that the unilateral action threatened by Trump and pursued by past administrations throughout the drug war shouldn’t have happened and shouldn’t happen.

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                  6 hours ago

                  How do you know that’s what happened here? Mexico has plenty of incentive to take on the cartels without the US getting involved.

                  This is actually kinda racist, to be honest. You’re assuming Mexico has no agency of their own, and everything they do is a result of pressure from the US.