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I get and agree with most of what you're saying here about everything bad about the war on drugs, but is Ulbricht really part of the solution rather than part of the problem?
Yes, Silk Road was (and probably successors of Silk Road still are) a way to get drugs.
But it's clear you don't think organized crime is a good thing, and this guy seems a lot more organized crime than not-organized crime. Basically it seems like Ulbricht embodies exactly all the things wrong with the war on drugs rather than being some sort of champion in opposition to the war on drugs.
If Trump had pardoned a literal mafia boss who sold drugs and was tied to 6 attempted assassinations, would you approve of that?
If Trump had pardoned a former big pharma CEO who peddled opioids illegally and was tied to 6 attempted assassinations, would you approve of that?
Oh, i was not actually expressing any opinion on silk road or the people behind it.
Looking back to the comment you replied i see the confusion. My bad, I should have been more specific i was talking about the second part.
I don't know their specific case but it does smell like more organized crime indeed. They probably tried to get rich on it.
Ah! Ok. I responded with "how so" before OP edited their post to even include the second line there. I didn't notice the post had been edited until after responding to your response. Maybe allowing editing posts is a bad idea. Lol.