yeah, further on the “don’t need a failed state” thing (1), I have always wondered what the cash-handling operation of my local (Seattle) dope store looks like. You have this quasi-legal operation with bales of cash that federal banks are forbidden to handle. You’d figure there would have to be guns and armor involved — maybe even protection payola to the local syndicates who have lost their marijuana market but are handy with guns, secure movement, and money laundering.

(1) recognizing that some people regard the USA as a failing state, and I think Robert Bohl is winning the thread right now.