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> Much of the money coming in has been legitimately earned, if sometimes extricated by gray-market means. But officials say that a substantial proportion is the

by dqpb 8y ago

> Much of the money coming in has been legitimately earned, if sometimes extricated by gray-market means. But officials say that a substantial proportion is the proceeds of corruption or crime, including the illegal sale of opiates such as fentanyl. This is how you gently and quietly wage war against a society. Sell drugs to the youth and then buy up all their property with the proceeds.

msie 8y ago
This is an awfully untrue and xenophobic narrative that the press is promoting. A lot of people not in the drug trade are buying real estate. And the illicit drug trade has been with us forever.
- dqpb 8y ago
  > the illicit drug trade has been with us forever. Indeed. Century of Humiliation: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_of_humiliation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_of_humiliation
  - Latteland 8y ago
    And even before westerners like my ancestors intervened in China, people were taking drugs. It was just that they punished only the lower classes. http://www.victorianweb.org/victorian/science/addiction/addiction2.html http://www.victorianweb.org/victorian/science/addiction/addi..., https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/representations-of-drugs-in-19th-century-literature https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/represen.... Also don't forget Edgar Allen Poe in the US. Anyway, after the good white people of the world (/s, ie probably my ancestors in the us) decided that black people were still a real threat, we got the 1920s anti-pot laws (http://origins.osu.edu/article/illegalization-marijuana-brief-history http://origins.osu.edu/article/illegalization-marijuana-brie...) and it continued even until Nixon tried his successful early "make harsh drug laws to hurt minorities" strategy https://www.cnn.com/2016/03/23/politics/john-ehrlichman-richard-nixon-drug-war-blacks-hippie/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2016/03/23/politics/john-ehrlichman-rich....
    - amanaplanacanal 8y ago
      Since in most states felons lose the right to vote, this seems like a winning long term political strategy.
pmorici 8y ago
Do youth typically own property now days? Maybe things have changed since I was young but I was a renter and had few possessions in my youth.
- dqpb 8y ago
  They do eventually
- closeparen 8y ago
  No. That's why spiking asset prices hurts them. (It's great news for people who already own homes).

by dqpb 8y ago

msie 8y ago

This is an awfully untrue and xenophobic narrative that the press is promoting. A lot of people not in the drug trade are buying real estate. And the illicit drug trade has been with us forever.

dqpb 8y ago
> the illicit drug trade has been with us forever. Indeed. Century of Humiliation: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_of_humiliation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_of_humiliation
- Latteland 8y ago
  And even before westerners like my ancestors intervened in China, people were taking drugs. It was just that they punished only the lower classes. http://www.victorianweb.org/victorian/science/addiction/addiction2.html http://www.victorianweb.org/victorian/science/addiction/addi..., https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/representations-of-drugs-in-19th-century-literature https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/represen.... Also don't forget Edgar Allen Poe in the US. Anyway, after the good white people of the world (/s, ie probably my ancestors in the us) decided that black people were still a real threat, we got the 1920s anti-pot laws (http://origins.osu.edu/article/illegalization-marijuana-brief-history http://origins.osu.edu/article/illegalization-marijuana-brie...) and it continued even until Nixon tried his successful early "make harsh drug laws to hurt minorities" strategy https://www.cnn.com/2016/03/23/politics/john-ehrlichman-richard-nixon-drug-war-blacks-hippie/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2016/03/23/politics/john-ehrlichman-rich....
  - amanaplanacanal 8y ago
    Since in most states felons lose the right to vote, this seems like a winning long term political strategy.

pmorici 8y ago

Do youth typically own property now days? Maybe things have changed since I was young but I was a renter and had few possessions in my youth.

dqpb 8y ago
They do eventually
closeparen 8y ago
No. That's why spiking asset prices hurts them. (It's great news for people who already own homes).