Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DCUM is awesome: two pages on how fentanyl is the product of Chinese evils. Nothing at all about how the economics of fentanyl, the cheap synthesis of cheap chemicals, is just market forces in action, the same forces that our ruling class has treated for decades as indistinguishable from virtue.
Beating the fentanyl epidemic will take challenging our assumptions, not dropping more anti-Chinese racism. Or at the very least, not fooling ourselves about our ability to micromanage things in China. Maybe we need to focus on better (micro)management domestically???
Agree! How can we join together within our own country to stop this? It’s been said already that our government is already struggling within itself, so it’s going to be up to us to do something and speak up. But what message do we send? How can we as citizens help manage up here at home? Can we advocate for more tariffs on Chinese produced goods until they stop producing fentanyl for exportation? Can we request more inspections on items coming into our country? These may or may not be good ideas but what ideas (if any) can we rally around to truly make a change in this area?
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