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August 14, 2025 Why the Drug War? ([link removed]) The ostensible purpose of the U.S. war on drugs is to prevent Americans from getting their hands on illicit drugs and ingesting them. Think about that for a moment: The entire drug-war apparatus and the massive militarized drug-war police state exist for the purpose of preventing Americans from possessing and ingesting unapproved substances that they wish to possess and ingest. I consider that ...
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Militarism in America ([link removed])
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AIER
Tocqueville’s Forgotten Solution to America’s Democratic Crisis ([link removed])
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The HIll
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Peacemaking in the Borderlands: A Reflection on the Farce of “Border Security” ([link removed])
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“State Capitalism” Is an Oxymoron ([link removed])
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