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>you want to change the drug war you have to get the public employee unions out of politics one hundred percent. they perpetuate the drug war and resulting prison state far more than any corporation. they own politicians and have no issue exerting pressure to keep their power

You mean that giving tiny minority of people the ability to collectively bargain against the people and institutions that call the shots for society itself results in perverse incentives that are bad for society?

Shocking. /s

I have no problem with private sector unions but public employees are in the unique position of having an employer who is legally required to be mostly transparent and ultimately beholden to the opinions of the public. The opportunity for them to be abused by the employer/employee power imbalance is far less than that of their private industry counterparts.