War on Drugs Analogies
Comments repeatedly compare the ineffectiveness or futility of some policy, enforcement, or ban (likely the thread's main topic) to the failed 'War on Drugs', highlighting its poor outcomes and ongoing presence of drugs.
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Thwarting the immoral "drug war" seems like a pretty good use case.
The war on drugs has entered the chat
This is about as effective as the "war on drugs"
The war on drugs is directly related to what you are talking about.
tell that to the war on drugs. drugs are winning, btw.
These are the consequences of the War on Drugs.
how's the war on drugs going?
You mean like the war on drugs?
The war on drugs didn't work, so now they're trying the war on citizens.
Of course, a war on drugs - why hasnt anyone thought of that before /s