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by rmrfstar
2084 days ago
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Take a look at the US per-capita incarceration rate over time [1]. Since the war on drugs began, it has grown 5x over what appears to have been a long-term steady state. The war on drugs is a make-work jobs program for people who can't build anything useful. Relative to skill, these are well-paying stable jobs. [1] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/U.... |
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