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Welcome to the post-Reagan era, kids. This stuff really took off during the 80s war on drugs. (which is about as successful as the war on alcohol was - for ga

Welcome to the post-Reagan era, kids. This stuff really took off during the 80s war on drugs. (which is about as successful as the war on alcohol was - for gangsters dealing) If only Thatcherism / Reaganism never happened... (and Laffer, Friedman and all the other related right wing propaganda that's been catapulted down our throats) I suppose things will eventually get bad enough that people will eventually realize "Everything that demented old man proposed was wrong?!?" (demented as in literal "alzheimer's patient")

brbsix 10y ago
Is Nixon nowhere to be found?
- Roboprog 10y ago
  I'm pretty sure Nixon wouldn't even cut it as a Democrat today. Too liberal. "Start what? Environmental Protection Agency? Are you kidding..."
woodman 10y ago
Have you got a specific beef with Friedman, or are you just generally complaining about prominent conservatives from the 80s? What position did he take that would support civil asset forfeiture?
- Roboprog 10y ago
  No, you're right. Just complaining about right wing thuggery in general :-)
  - woodman 10y ago
    Ah, well you might want to stick to a more defensible complaint - because two sentences is all it took to make you look like an uninformed loon.
duncan_bayne 10y ago
Citation needed (re. Friedman). Also, could we please stop blaming Thatcher and Reagan for undesirable political trends that started before them, and continued accelerating throughout successive left and right wing administrations in both countries?
- Roboprog 10y ago
  They had lots-o-help, but they are the poster children. Er, very old "children", I suppose.
Roboprog 10y ago
So, down-voters, the War On Drugs DIDN'T get a name and kick into high gear in the 80s??? Or perhaps the WOD was a liberal plot, only pushed through past poor old Reagan due to his fear of his veto being overturned if he dared vote against it???

brbsix 10y ago

Is Nixon nowhere to be found?

Roboprog 10y ago
I'm pretty sure Nixon wouldn't even cut it as a Democrat today. Too liberal. "Start what? Environmental Protection Agency? Are you kidding..."

woodman 10y ago

Have you got a specific beef with Friedman, or are you just generally complaining about prominent conservatives from the 80s? What position did he take that would support civil asset forfeiture?

Roboprog 10y ago
No, you're right. Just complaining about right wing thuggery in general :-)
- woodman 10y ago
  Ah, well you might want to stick to a more defensible complaint - because two sentences is all it took to make you look like an uninformed loon.

duncan_bayne 10y ago

Citation needed (re. Friedman). Also, could we please stop blaming Thatcher and Reagan for undesirable political trends that started before them, and continued accelerating throughout successive left and right wing administrations in both countries?

Roboprog 10y ago
They had lots-o-help, but they are the poster children. Er, very old "children", I suppose.

Roboprog 10y ago

So, down-voters, the War On Drugs DIDN'T get a name and kick into high gear in the 80s??? Or perhaps the WOD was a liberal plot, only pushed through past poor old Reagan due to his fear of his veto being overturned if he dared vote against it???