a subtle redefine of Enslavement

[Shin'Ar]

Plemun, don't you think that the entire governmental system could fall into the same broad spectrum of controlling factors?

yes, the government treats its populace as children. One prime example would be approved/non-approved drugs. I don't take psychedelics myself, but there doesn't seem to be any reason why if someone wants to light up some weed, you should be looking out the window, waiting for the cops to bust in.

but I have also read that the so-called 'drug war' has an entirely different agenda; one which props up organised crime and funnels off money into unscrutinised projects. But that's only hearsay

well in my observations, common sense would suggest that if the powers to be was not profiting in some way they would certainly devise a way. There is this big discussion lately about legalization and the old prohibition relation to it, and I can't help but think that if the big players, be they government supported or criminally inclined, wanted more via legalization it would have been done long ago. I think they are getting the most profit right now just as it is.

Legalization would simply create different avenues that would need to be renegotiated by those players in order to maintain what they already have.