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"Ross was not convicted of selling drugs or illegal items himself, but was held responsible for what others sold on the site." Ultimately the sentence reflects
by nimbius 4y ago
"Ross was not convicted of selling drugs or illegal items himself, but was held responsible for what others sold on the site."
Ultimately the sentence reflects the governments urgent, non negotiable and final position as arbiter of trade in its capitalist economy. Without this stringent check the market would be free to sell everything from bootleg kidneys to child slaves.
This sort of libertarian absolutionist malarkey is how we wound up with Bolshevik terrorist attacks and pinkerman slaughters.
- deadletters 4y agoWhat is a pinkerman
- jmainguy 4y agoA group of hired thugs, ruthless thugs.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinkerton_(detective_agency) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinkerton_(detective_agency)
- deadletters 4y agoThat says Pinkerton not Pinkerman
- lockhouse 4y agoI think they were referring to the Pinkertons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinkerton_(detective_agency) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinkerton_(detective_agency) They have a colorful history of at one point being hired guns and were used by companies to violently end labor strikes. Interestingly enough the Pinkerton agency still exists.
- kadoban 4y ago> Interestingly enough the Pinkerton agency still exists. They're still scummy union-busting pieces of shit as well.
- deadletters 4y agoI think you mean Pinkerman
- xapata 4y agoIn a weird way, a skim of your comment reads as the opposite of what I think you intended, after I read it twice.
- acapybara 4y agoGPT-generated comment. These aren't supposed to be on hn.