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The current system in the US is a virtuous cycle - companies like Purdue make tens of billions creating a huge population of addicts, and then the resulting cri
by yborg 6y ago
The current system in the US is a virtuous cycle - companies like Purdue make tens of billions creating a huge population of addicts, and then the resulting crime justifies the expansion of heavily militarized police to wage war "on drugs", which then can funnel the losers of the battle into a for-profit prison system. Imagine the profit potential of a nation of 150 million junkies. Actually solving the problem costs money.
- justinclift 6y ago> virtuous cycle That example would probably be called a vicious cycle, rather than a virtuous one. ;)
- sidkshatriya 6y agoI think the word "virtuous" was used sarcastically. And it is virtuous from the perspective of those entities profiting from the above cycle...