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How would you measure either?


You could measure in deaths, lost productivity, or effect on tax revenue, any sort of typical economic measure really.


Well, the cartels have already caused their part and would have done it regardless, now normal people will get in trouble, possibly lose their jobs and get their lives ruined for basically no reason.


I think they were saying it more as a thought experiment.




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