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HiPointDem

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25. a bit different. small-scale moonshining always existed in backwoods locales, for local use, &
Wed May 29, 2013, 07:54 PM
May 2013

wasn't controlled by big capital -- it was actually to evade paying big capital prices (read the history of the liquor industry in the US). prohibition changed that situation -- in the same way the 'war on drugs' did. It turned a lot of firepower against relatively innocuous small-scale local producers, & the ultimate beneficiary was big capital.

ghettoization is about the divestment of large capital from geographic regions and its replacement with an underground criminal economy that can also be traced back to big capital.

When platitudes and Newest Reality May 2013 #1
Very interesting and informative! Thanks!!! n/t RKP5637 May 2013 #2
"over the past few years, the major meth labs have been broken up" KamaAina May 2013 #3
Here in Texas at least, people need a script for it. Javaman May 2013 #5
I'd heard there was a way to make the product nearly impossible to use in a meth lab KamaAina May 2013 #8
you don't need a script for it in Texas arely staircase May 2013 #31
I needed a script for it when I got it last year. Javaman May 2013 #32
maybe it has changed but i have a friend who made a very arely staircase May 2013 #33
Dang, that's rough. Javaman May 2013 #34
22 months arely staircase May 2013 #35
more business for the prison industrial complex phantom power May 2013 #4
Yup. It's all connected. nt Javaman May 2013 #6
+1 freshwest May 2013 #7
kr. it's been my belief for a while that areas of high unemployment are deliberately HiPointDem May 2013 #9
Yeah, she's Tom Arnolds half sister. nt Javaman May 2013 #20
interesting. i looked up the book & found you can read excerpts online. hells angels/california HiPointDem May 2013 #21
K&R Not just the jobs but the helpless hopelessness and dissatisfaction their loss brings. Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #10
The USA oligarchs have moved on from havesting forests... hunter May 2013 #11
They maintain a well diversified portfolio of exploitation. Half-Century Man May 2013 #14
Great book. I read it awhile ago. Highly recommend. My home state of Montana was hit hard by meth LiberalLoner May 2013 #12
Legally, what is the standard.. Half-Century Man May 2013 #16
Great post! SalviaBlue May 2013 #13
Excellent post! JNelson6563 May 2013 #15
Another region that has been hit is one that never had the infrastructure you mentioned loyalsister May 2013 #17
'ghettoization'. it's not just for the inner cities anymore. HiPointDem May 2013 #18
It never was loyalsister May 2013 #24
a bit different. small-scale moonshining always existed in backwoods locales, for local use, & HiPointDem May 2013 #25
My bootlegger great grandfather died in prison loyalsister May 2013 #26
and in what year was he imprisoned? HiPointDem May 2013 #28
Sometime during the Depression loyalsister May 2013 #29
precisely. HiPointDem May 2013 #30
k&r Starry Messenger May 2013 #19
Support your local Los Pollos Hermanos. Initech May 2013 #22
1 Helpful factor in those hard-hit places could be cannabis legalization nikto May 2013 #23
Your post also explains every inner-city, predominantly African American communities as well Yavin4 May 2013 #27
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