Pro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoMichigan GOP Lawmakers Propose Total Ban on Pornavn.comexternal-linkmessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up1373arrow-down17file-text
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minus-squareCarmakazi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up117arrow-down2·2 days agoIt doesn’t need to be absolute in success, it just needs to be applied arbitrarily to further abuse out-groups.
minus-squareacosmichippo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agowhich will also have the opposite of their intended effect and create more crime via black markets, trafficking etc.
minus-squareFaceDeer@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up50·2 days agoNo, that is the intended effect. Their enemies will become criminals, which means they can arrest them and use them to justify further state power.
minus-squarevividspecter@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-22 days agoThey don’t care about crime at all, it’s just a dogwhistle for black and brown people. If anything, this is a benefit because it means they can inflict harm on more people they don’t like during the “crackdown”.
minus-squareinterdimensionalmeme@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoYou mean “stated effect”, which you should know by now is almost always a lie, like when a politician’s lips move.
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·2 days agoIf I’m not wrong that was the whole point of criminalizing weed.
It doesn’t need to be absolute in success, it just needs to be applied arbitrarily to further abuse out-groups.
which will also have the opposite of their intended effect and create more crime via black markets, trafficking etc.
No, that is the intended effect. Their enemies will become criminals, which means they can arrest them and use them to justify further state power.
They don’t care about crime at all, it’s just a dogwhistle for black and brown people. If anything, this is a benefit because it means they can inflict harm on more people they don’t like during the “crackdown”.
You mean “stated effect”, which you should know by now is almost always a lie, like when a politician’s lips move.
If I’m not wrong that was the whole point of criminalizing weed.