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| The issue with the War on Drugs is also completely different than how it is actually depicted. Namely, there was no war on drugs. There were many different policies enacted all at once in reaction to financialization and deindustrialization. Destruction of public housing projects, changes in welfare programs, increased joblessness in cities (resulting in the creation of ethnic gangs), mandatory minimum sentences for many crimes (including drugs), etc. Meanwhile, the DEA, CIA, and FBI were actively working with drug cartels in Latin America and allowing them to operate in the US. This was for political, anti-communist reasons. The US also supported the drug trade in Afghanistan and Southeast Asia, specifically opium/heroin. Latin America was primarily cocaine. So there was no War on Drugs, there was a War on Poor People. You can also see this by the increase in crime in other deprived areas, such as the North of England during and after Thatcher, because of deindustrialization. Unfortunately the American narratives are widespread, but if people looked at their own countries, they would recognize that it is not the case. As always, never listen to the Americans, they're propagandistic liars who tell good stories. But they're just stories. |