• DancingBear@midwest.social
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    When you get older, pretty sure you’re going to say the same thing….

    “Man, the 2020’s were so nice, such a simpler time…. Back when genocide was in vogue and child molesters controlled the world.”

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        This true. Drugs are another tool to oppress people. The more money someone makes, the few drug tests they take.

        It’s been well over a decade since I had to take a drug test for a job.

        • Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org
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          The more money someone makes, the few drug tests they take.

          The more money someone makes, it’s also the less likely they’re working a job where people can be seriously harmed or killed by the direct, immediate effects of their behavior on the job. Jim from Sales being on smack is less likely to cause injury or death in the short term than forklift driver Klaus being on smack.

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            Drug tests penalize people for what they do on their own time. They’re a stick used to beat the proles.

            Someone blasted at work is a problem. Klaus getting blasted off shift isn’t.

            Secondary affects are probably worse, and more diabolical. Why kill one person when you could kill millions! Klaus running over Andy while blasted is less evil than the guy who put lead in gasoline.⛽️ Sure it’s easier to imagine, but one tear doesn’t make an ocean.

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    My picture from the 50s is mom pregnant with No.5 (me), while dad is not in the photo because he ran off to parts unknown with the neighbor. Good times.

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    I dunno, man… Cocain in soft-drinks and being able to support a family with house and car on a single income?

    And it’s not like we’re rid of drug addicts, wife beaters or anything else nowadays…

    A tough choice for sure.

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      Coca-Cola switched from fresh to spent coca leaves in 1903, so the '50s are about a half century too late for cocaine in sodas.