• logicbomb@lemmy.world
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    DeSantis has signaled he is open to firing missiles into Mexico to kill narcotics kingpins involved in the trade of the synthetic opioid fentanyl that is fueling a deadly drug crisis in America.

    Okay. There are two methods for dealing with the drug problem. One is to use violence, and really doesn’t work at all until you manage to create a totalitarian state.

    The other is to treat addicts like humans who are suffering from a disease, and this one always improves the situation.

    Ron DeSantis wants to fire missiles into a sovereign country instead of taking care of his own citizens. What’s next? Firing a nuke at a hurricane?

    These criminals against human decency always choose violence first.

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      Firing a nuke at a hurricane?

      Story time.

      I went to a tour of Fermilab, a particle accelerator in Batavia, IL. It started with someone explaining to the room of about twenty people about the general idea of how a particle accelerators work, and what they help us find out. When it came time for question, they first one was from a farmer looking guy sitting in the front row, who said:

      If those protrons and electrons are so powerful, how come we can’t shoot 'em into tornadoes and hurricanes and stop 'em??

      The pause from the speaker before responding was palpable. Sadly, I don’t remember the response, because this was in 1982.

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      really doesn’t work at all until you manage to create a totalitarian state.

      But that’s exactly what he wants…