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> They will also joke about how they secretly sell drugs to America to make them useless and make society unstable. This actually happened to China: https://en
by hkt 3y ago
> They will also joke about how they secretly sell drugs to America to make them useless and make society unstable.
This actually happened to China: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars
Weird that we in the west are now projecting about it, especially when our own pharmaceuticals companies are doing so much of the damage.
- trashtester 3y ago> This actually happened to China That was an atrocity then, and if China is returning the favor, it's an atrocity now. > especially when our own pharmaceuticals companies are doing so much of the damage. There are probably quite a few people in those companies, or among corrupt doctors and politicians taking their bribes, that belong in prison.
- hkt 3y agoThe thing is, China isn't doing it now. American capitalism is. That's what's different - the opium wars required the exercise of force, today's opium crisis simply requires the wealthy to bribe the powerful.
- lern_too_spel 3y agoIt was capitalism then too. It was only when China tried to regulate it that the narco-state of Great Britain stepped in with military force.
- hkt 3y agoYes, fair point, imperialism's jobhas always been to protect and extend capitalism.