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[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 91 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Colombia halts all cocaine exports in retaliation

[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 76 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If the Narcos organized a boycott to expedite US regime change I'd laugh my ass off as not a soul left studying history would be able to declare anything except the final victory of drugs in the war on drugs. Like we all know drugs won, but by god that would be an annihilation.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

If anyone has the capital (both political and monetary) and the ability to execute, Narcos certainly do. Assuming they aren't obsessed with greed, if they made some sort of public announcement saying that they are patriots and would not only boycott US markets but would engage with other producers to stop their own shipments, I would love to see the fall out. I suspect it wouldn't be visible. After all, I suspect that most cocaine drug users in the US aren't the most reliable voting contingent.

But it would be fun to see how Trump reacts to it.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 6 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Trump would spin it as a victory.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 2 points 19 hours ago

Despite the shivers

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

While the government drops around him?

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

I’m guessing Don Jr, Kimberly Guifoille, Janine Pirro, musk, Thiel, Bannon and Hegseth single handedly keep the Columbian cocaine economy afloat