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They DO care about the fentanyl production (or feeder chemical production) in their country -- that's why there's so much of it. IMO I think it's both payback
by CapricornNoble 7y ago
They DO care about the fentanyl production (or feeder chemical production) in their country -- that's why there's so much of it.
IMO I think it's both payback for the opium epidemic of the 1800s, as well as a deliberate effort by the PRC government to "kneecap" their #1 Strategic competitor in the 21st century via societal decay.
- bikeshed 7y agoI reckon it's the same reason they bought Reddit. Poisoning the body and the mind.
- pas 7y agoThey didn't "bough Reddit". Tencent has a non controlling stake.
- pinkfoot 7y agoThe USA had nothing, AFAIK, to do with the opium epidemic. That was all on the UK.
- IllogicalLogic 7y agoMost of Teddy Roosevelt's wealth (the Delano fortune) came from Opium. So did the Coolidge (Thomas Jefferson's family), Sturgis, Low, Green, Forbes (John Kerry's family), & Russell family fortunes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_%26_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_%26_Company The trading roster for opium dealing in China is a who's who of who founded this country and funded ivy league schools.
- pinkfoot 7y agoI stand corrected.
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