Narco-state
| "Narco-state" link (enemy image) | |
|---|---|
| An enemy image comparable with "failed state", but particularly suggestive of drug trafficking. |
The phrase "Narco-state" is an exonym used to promote fear. The term shifts the focus away from the fact that the majority of the world's drug trafficking is controlled at some level by the transnational deep state, and that Western banks and deep state operatives are the main profiteers of this trade, where "narco-states" are junior players or patsies.
Usage
Democracy Now! mooted Afghanistan as "The Worst Narco-State in History?" in 2014, a reference to the increased harvest of opium after the 2001 Invasion of Afghanistan.[1]
The term is used by Western commercially-controlled media, possibly to suggest national governments which will be targeted for "regime change". Recipients of this term include Peru, Guinea-Bissau[2][3] and Mozambique[4].
The Guardian in 2018 reported that "The Netherlands is starting to resemble a narco-state with the police unable to combat the emergence of a parallel criminal economy, a report from the Dutch police association has warned".[5]
References
- ↑ https://www.democracynow.org/2014/12/29/the_worst_narco_state_in_history
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/13/opinion/narco-states-africas-next-menace.html
- ↑ http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/blog/2009/06/guinea_bissau_a.html
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/22/mozambique-africas-new-narco-state
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/20/netherlands-becoming-a-narco-state-warn-dutch-police