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[–] affiliate@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

self fulfilling prophecy

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's the same logic as when Republicans claim Government doesn't work....

It's not ignorance or stupidity, it's a mission statement.. Republicans are trying to make Government not work and Cops are actively trying to fuck you over

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[–] WorldWideLem@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I believe the legal repercussions are part of that "can ruin your life", not just the addiction and/or health concerns.

Though that still makes it an entirely artificial consequence that does not need to and should not exist.

[–] JamesConeZone@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

I am once again asking everyone to read Alex Vitale's End of Policing

[–] lunicoDee@feddit.it 5 points 1 year ago

You don't go to jail (if there isn't evidence of you selling it) in my country. Because it's not a penal crime, but an administrative one.

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Logic is prison slave labor=$$$

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