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Is the U.S. a Police State? (lemmy.world)
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Let’s look at evidence:

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil 3 points 5 months ago

Nixon's War on Drugs was always intended as a tool to crush PoC and "hippie" counterculture revolutionaries.

Now it's an excuse to harass and cage migrants, too.