MicroWaveAug 26, 2023

GOP talk of military action in Mexico sparks dire warnings

https://lemmy.world/post/3847070

GOP talk of military action in Mexico sparks dire warnings - Lemmy.world

Rising GOP support for the U.S. taking unilateral military action in Mexico against drug cartels is increasingly rattling people on both sides of the border who worry talk of an attack is getting normalized. Wednesday’s Republican presidential primary debate featured high-stakes policy disagreements on a range of issues from abortion to the environment — but found near-unanimous consensus on the idea of using American military force to fight drug smuggling and migration.

Show threadSanctusAug 26, 2023
You don’t need guns to kill the Cartels. You need to legalize drigs and regulate them. The war on drugs is what made the cartels what they are today.
Show threadTechmasterAug 26, 2023
That’s completely out of the question in the Nanny States of America. The republicans want their “small government” to tell you what you’re allowed to put in or do to your own body, so free will would never be acceptable.
Show threadvacuumflowerAug 27, 2023

I’m sorry, but do you have the same position on gun laws (about nannies)?

Cause we are talking about heavy narcotics, that usually don’t give you a second chance. Guns don’t make you physically, medically dependent and unable to reconsider.

If that’s your point of view on narcotics, then in it one should also be able to own an Abrams tank with all the weaponry, legally.

Now, light drugs are fine, but Mexican cartels don’t deal in that.

Show threadPhegan
Drugs you put into your body. Bullets you put into someone else’s. They are not the same.
Aug 27, 2023 at 1:49pmWeb
Show threadvacuumflowerAug 27, 2023

They are not the same, but they both affect the probability of bullets being put anywhere.

I’ll formulate this differently - if a person taking drugs is legally fully responsible for everything done under their effect, then I’m all for full legalization. No excuses, like what a mental health problem would be, because taking drugs is a choice.

Show threadmaniacal_gaffAug 27, 2023
Good news. They are responsible.
Show threadvacuumflowerAug 27, 2023
Well, then there’s nothing to argue about for us, but you’ll see various kinds of unofficial social discrimination of the users of such drugs through every loophole possible. Even being a person who takes medicine to not see hallucinations or not have impaired judgement is unpleasant socially. Nobody wants to live near a person who takes medicine in order to see hallucinations and get their judgement impaired to feel good. Except for other such people.