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If I'm considering becoming a drug runner, and I hear "sometimes they arrest you" I'd say "so what?" If I hear "sometimes you get shot at", I'd take my chances

If I'm considering becoming a drug runner, and I hear "sometimes they arrest you" I'd say "so what?" If I hear "sometimes you get shot at", I'd take my chances and shoot back. But if I keep hearing about missiles obliterating drug runners with no warning... maybe I just stay home.

hshdhdhj4444 10mo ago
You’re right. I’m sure the drug runner recruitment ad response rate has plummeted /s. People don’t choose to be drug runners…
bilbo0s 10mo ago
Again, I'm just suggesting that maybe cartels make fishermen the proverbial "offer they can't refuse". I'm just wondering if it would be more effective, and far less expensive, to target the subjects making these offers?
davidw 10mo ago
Maybe we should try the same thing with people running red lights.
standardUser 10mo ago
All evidence suggests that harsh enforcement can not, does not and will not stop the drug trade from thriving.
kelnos 10mo ago
Decades of the War on Drugs would seem to disagree with your interpretation. Escalating deterrents doesn't work.
- treetalker 10mo ago
  It's almost as though wars on things (drugs; terrorism; "woke"; Mickey Mouse; drag-queen story hour) don't stop the titular objects of angst. Curious!
throw0101a 10mo ago
> If I hear "sometimes you get shot at", I'd take my chances and shoot back. But if I keep hearing about missiles obliterating drug runners with no warning... maybe I just stay home. Given some of the things competing cartels do to each other, getting instantaneously killed by a bomb is probably a relief compared to what some of your 'competitors' may do.
- teachrdan 10mo ago
  > compared to what some of your 'competitors' may do. Or your boss. Once you're working for a drug cartel, I don't think you have a whole lot of autonomy when it comes to determining your specific role. If your boss tells you to get in a fishing boat and you refuse, you risk getting killed on the spot.
Eddy_Viscosity2 10mo ago
Drug cartels don't necessarily work like tech companies, where you consider the job postings, apply, sign a contract, and then do the job. It might even be that they need a drug runner and just say "do it or we kill your family".

hshdhdhj4444 10mo ago

You’re right. I’m sure the drug runner recruitment ad response rate has plummeted /s. People don’t choose to be drug runners…

bilbo0s 10mo ago

Again, I'm just suggesting that maybe cartels make fishermen the proverbial "offer they can't refuse". I'm just wondering if it would be more effective, and far less expensive, to target the subjects making these offers?

davidw 10mo ago

Maybe we should try the same thing with people running red lights.

standardUser 10mo ago

All evidence suggests that harsh enforcement can not, does not and will not stop the drug trade from thriving.

kelnos 10mo ago

Decades of the War on Drugs would seem to disagree with your interpretation. Escalating deterrents doesn't work.

treetalker 10mo ago
It's almost as though wars on things (drugs; terrorism; "woke"; Mickey Mouse; drag-queen story hour) don't stop the titular objects of angst. Curious!

throw0101a 10mo ago

> If I hear "sometimes you get shot at", I'd take my chances and shoot back. But if I keep hearing about missiles obliterating drug runners with no warning... maybe I just stay home. Given some of the things competing cartels do to each other, getting instantaneously killed by a bomb is probably a relief compared to what some of your 'competitors' may do.

teachrdan 10mo ago
> compared to what some of your 'competitors' may do. Or your boss. Once you're working for a drug cartel, I don't think you have a whole lot of autonomy when it comes to determining your specific role. If your boss tells you to get in a fishing boat and you refuse, you risk getting killed on the spot.

Eddy_Viscosity2 10mo ago

Drug cartels don't necessarily work like tech companies, where you consider the job postings, apply, sign a contract, and then do the job. It might even be that they need a drug runner and just say "do it or we kill your family".