[jlgreco]

The People have traditionally accepted/embraced police state tactics and brutality to fight "the war on drugs" because they fear drugs. Without that embrace of irrational fear, we would have never given the police the tools and leeway they have today.

[hga]

Which doesn't address my point at all. E.g. if you'd said "create[d] a climate that nurtures shit like this." we'd be in closer alignment.

I've seen that totally irrational fear in well educated, nominally rational parents, where I get them to accept that The War on Drugs is creating a police state for their children to live in, and they still prefer it.

But I believe we're way past that point, and if I'm right, if it's now institutionalized in a way where such fear has become irrelevant to its perpetuation, then you might want to listen to me if you're searching for solutions.