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OK, does that sound like the FBI's marketed image of a guy hanging around a playground giving out free samples to get kids hooked? They pick people who aren't d

• fapjacks 11y ago
  Exactly! Because that is what our system incentivizes! Those law enforcement and intelligence organizations have grotesquely enormous budgets and let's face it: They are shit-awful at stopping legitimate threats. That means they need to offset that terrible lack of efficiency with some number of "busts", even if they involve people that otherwise wouldn't be "dealers" or "terrorists" without the police egging them on. There is a huge incentive to go out and find dealers and terrorists, even in places where there actually aren't any.