Drugs, Workers, and Capitalism

The fallacy of US policies about drugs and undocumented workers is so obvious it hurts.

Part of the error of the Soviet economic system was that in some ways it was supply driven. “If we make it, people will buy it.” Of course, people didn’t buy things they didn’t want just because the things were on the shelves.

As capitalists, American governments ought to believe that the demand-driven economy is what really works. As long as there is a demand for something, someone will provide supply.

As long as Americans demand drugs someone will supply the drugs, it doesn’t matter how many civilian watercraft the US Department of War blows out of the water, killing civilians… the drugs will continue to flow.

And as long as employers in the US demand vulnerable, easy-to-exploit undocumented workers, there will be such workers flowing into the country.

We read of tens of thousands of workers being sent to hellish incarceration having been picked up at work or on their way to or from work.

How many employers do we see being dragged of with the workers?

Start throwing CEOs, CFOs, hiring officers, and managers into Alligator Alcatraz for a few months and demand for these workers will drop. With no demand there will be no supply.

Border encounters are down 93% in 2025 since the same time last year…guess it’s lack of demand and nothing to do with policy.