[dragonwriter]

> This is such a dumb take

No, its not.

> It's the Chinese government that actually has secret police stations all over the US right NOW

Yes, but that's a complete non-sequitur.

If the US decides to change the “War on Drugs” from a metaphorical war to an actual war with the US military invading Mexico, there will both be actual direct consequences of the type described on the US side of the border, and use of the conflict and those actual consequences as pretexts against civil liberties in the US.