• Assassassin@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    Lmao good luck idiots. Already tried it with alcohol, then with weed. How’d those work out? Porn isn’t even tangible.

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      10 hours ago

      It doesn’t need to be absolute in success, it just needs to be applied arbitrarily to further abuse out-groups.

      • acosmichippo@lemmy.world
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        8 hours ago

        which will also have the opposite of their intended effect and create more crime via black markets, trafficking etc.

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          No, that is the intended effect. Their enemies will become criminals, which means they can arrest them and use them to justify further state power.

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          They don’t care about crime at all, it’s just a dogwhistle for black and brown people. If anything, this is a benefit because it means they can inflict harm on more people they don’t like during the “crackdown”.