And why is it the business plot?

  • richietozier4 [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    CIA trafficked crack or allowed it to be trafficked to justify a vicious crackdown on the black community in the form of the War on Drugs

    • Rodentsteak [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I think that's putting the cart before the horse. The CIA has plenty of motivation to engage in the narcotics trade, completely seperate from pure white supremacy. It is entirely plausible, and I believe more likely, that they just didn't care about the likely consequences to the affected American communities

      • boredymcbored [she/her]
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        4 years ago

        He didn't say it was purely white supremacy but everything they did (setting up a profit driven carceral slave mainly in black areas) is 100% based in it. What better group to exploit than a group I'm used to exploiting?

      • anthm17 [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        The opium wars show they knew exactly what they were doing IMO.

          • anthm17 [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            US had some involvement, but the larger point is that the wars have been fought over pushing drugs like this.

            The war on drugs isn't bad because it opposes drug abuse in society, it's because of the strategy.

      • star_wraith [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Yeah the CIA had to raise funds off the books to finance all their terrorism, and if you're gonna make money that way might as well go all out with it.