[–] ShinyVoater ago
Much the same way the mob went away after prohibition ended?
[–] wino 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
First, remind me not to comment on voat while drunk. Second, your comment prompted me to do some research into what actually caused the decline in mob power and it was primarily due to concerted FBI effort and the RICO act. Though there are some additional reasons outlined in this old NYT article that's worth reading.
[–] ForWhiteSake 1 point 5 points 6 points (+6|-1) ago
Seems like the kinda people we should import more of doesn't it?
[–] tanukihat 3 points 3 points 6 points (+6|-3) ago
People say America is fucked beyond repair.
Mexico is ACTUALLY beyond repair. There's no fixing it. They're going to have to murder themselves down to 5% of the population before sanity regains control. All we can do is build a wall to keep their druglords and murderers out. Vote Trump.
[–] blacksrule 0 points 15 points 15 points (+15|-0) ago
why do we send our troops the Middle East when we could send them to the border?
[–] Reconn 0 points 15 points 15 points (+15|-0) ago (edited ago)
Because specific groups in the U.S. make unbelievable amounts of money off the drug war, that's literally what it is. Politicians get money and political clout by scaring up voters with the war, businessmen do everything from selling the drugs to the arms used by cops to intercept the drugs and then the prison space to house the average guy whose life is ruined in the middle, and cops get money from cashed seized and slick toys for being ''crime fighters''.
Quite literally the case of three of societies strongest groups picking on the weakest, the average person who is too dumb or too weak willed to not get caught up in the net. If this was a war about morals or something, you'd go to the hospital/rehab for drug problems of any kind or a safe place to use them, you wouldnt go to club federal prison for 40 years up river. Mexico is now a big narco state because the U.S. has built an entire industry that profits from it in various ways.
[–] smeezekitty 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Which is why the government has literally helped the drug cartels
[–] NikoMyshkin 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
So sad. RIP
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[–] Drenki ago
So this is what Jeb's wife does in her free time.