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So what? 100 more will arise. And this time not US based. You close 1 100 more will appear.

• wpietri 12y ago
  Marketplaces work much better at scale. And entrepreneurs do better the more they are connected with their markets. So from the government perspective, 100 kittens is way better than 1 lion. The government doesn't have to make these disappear. They just have to increase the perceived risk and decrease their effectiveness until they're no better than buying on well-known corners or getting the phone number of that one friend's friend's friend. That's mainly because drug practical prohibition activity is about suppression, not elimination. But I think it's worth noting that cops get paid to fight crime, not defeat it. As a general rule, I expect long-lived organizations to act in ways that self-sustain.
  • kirsebaer 12y ago
    Drug prohibition is about police departments getting federal grant money based on how many arrests they have made, seizing property of people arrested for drug crimes, and getting bribes from large-scale dealers.