The War on Drugs as Class Warfare: Unmasking Systematic Inequality in America

It could be concluded by a person with reasonable sense that the War on Drugs is a racially motivated subjection and class warfare. In modern America, cash is king, money is god, and the old parable, "whoever has the gold makes the rules," still holds true! Many sociologists, statesmen, and those who fancy jurisprudence hold that laws are only enacted by the strong or wealthy to control the weak or poor.

This is true in many examples. One example I heard once was about the inner city of Chicago. There, smoking crack has a penalty much larger than snorting cocaine because rich white men snort cocaine and have been able to influence the law, whereas those of lower socioeconomic status smoke crack and have not been afforded the same representation. This is the same with legal representation, even if the penalty on the law books was the same, the person of higher socioeconomic status can afford the proper(ly motivated) attorney, whereas someone who is poverty-stricken would only be afforded an (often over-loaded and overworked) court-appointed attorney.

Almost every drug in America was justified and made illegal through racially charged motivations. Marijuana was smoked by gringo's in the 20s after the Great Depression and was used for Mexican repatriation. Basically, they wanted to make the law so that if you got caught with a joint, you could be deported. This was also why cocaine became illegal; it was seen as causing black men to commit violent acts against white women.

In any real sense, this country (America) overwhelmingly doesn't care about those in poverty and those unable to afford healthcare because it doesn't affect the political and financial elites in the slightest. Congress is called the "million-dollar yacht club" for a reason; most are completely disconnected from the tribulations that the ordinary American faces. As a matter of fact, thanks to how lobbyists function in Congress, politicians have a vested interest in protecting the insurance companies, which only act as a "middleman" in any real sense.

Considering a global perspective, America is the only industrialized, first-world country that does not have universal healthcare. We pay more than any other country and do not rank very highly in quality, technique, or care. In reality, access to health care is contingent on whether you can afford it or not; so medical coverage, or the lack thereof, is a form of class warfare. It basically says; you don't have the money? ...you don't (deserve) to live. Just as drug laws say, you don't have the money? ... you don't (deserve) to practice your civil liberty.

To keep the masses, those in poverty, and the 'managerial class' from realizing they have a commonality in their struggle for liberty and survival, the elite go through extraordinary measures, indoctrinating and propagandizing the American population into fighting amongst themselves. To do this, they create intentional class and racial conflicts that play to the fears of individuals so that the real enemy, the elites who profit from such laws, legislation, and statues go unrecognized and unnoticed in the psyche of Americans, let alone the public sphere.

And that's how the so-called 'power elite' use the failed War on Drugs, law, racism, classism, and propaganda against the freedom and liberty of individuals and the health of the collective.

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