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Comment by jyounker

2 hours ago

You appear to lack the historical knowledge to appreciate the joke:

The war on drugs was specifically designed to allow the government to go after the left and black people. Nixon's domestic policy chief said this in 1994:

* https://eji.org/news/nixon-war-on-drugs-designed-to-criminal...

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tt24  2 hours ago

What makes you think I lacked the context here?

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