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Everyone I know simply ignores the suffering capitalism causes them; they think it's just a normal part of life. Everyone is so alienated by the system that they just don't care about anything anymore. No one joins the fight, no one even thinks there is a way out. It's incredibly sad to see everyone sleepwalking through life, but it's also hard to constantly think about how awful capitalism is. I'm thinking about it all the time, suffering mentally because I know the world could be a good place. I just wish I could go back to being a slave to the system and stop feeling this unbearable pain and powerlessness. Does anyone else feel this way?

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While science* (or, more precisely, certain scientific agendas) has thrived under capitalism (or so it seems), it's hierarchical nature in academia usually enforces a power structure that oftentimes seems to be of such a constrictive nature, that the majority of scientists (or people interested in science) do not necessarily enjoy nor benefit from.

Are there interesting texts criticizing this (i.e., the way we do science today) which furthermore have an underlying anarchist tone?

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This video argues that the war on drugs has done far more harm than good.

The war on drugs has largely focused on trying to reduce the supply of drugs, but this has utterly failed. Trying to clamp down on drug production and transportation tends to just shift the production somewhere else, and just causes changes to production methods. As said in the video, this is known as the "Whack-a-mole effect".

Trying to target the drug supply often makes drugs more expensive, but this doesn't reduce demand (especially due to addiction).

The war on drugs arguably causes homicide rates in the US and Latin America to be significantly higher than they would be due to intensifying the violence associated with illicit markets.

Also, the war on drugs is a major source of incarceration in some countries. This is especially true in the US.

Kurzgesagt argues that a harm reduction approach would be a far better approach to drug policy, and that this has worked very well in Switzerland.

I'm a Canadian, and my provincial government is destroying our health care system. What ways would you suggest I fight back against it.