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Fentanyl wasn't big yet when Silk Road was around. And besides, people were buying straight from China off the clearnet
by zoklet-enjoyer 2y ago
Fentanyl wasn't big yet when Silk Road was around. And besides, people were buying straight from China off the clearnet
- asveikau 2y agoI think they're pointing out the hypocrisy of wanting to crack down on drugs while doing this. I see so many Trump adjacent folks demanding we lock up drug dealers, deport them, whatever. But they want to let this one go.
- steveBK123 2y agoOrange man is a classic tough-on-crime guy, very selective what crimes and what demographics of criminals he is tough on.
- ethagnawl 2y agoI see those people in my personal life, too. Ironically, they're also the ones who regularly drive drunk and do a little cocaine now and again because _it doesn't really count_.
- steveBK123 2y agoI think serious jail for running an illegal drug marketplace is good, even if he used lots of neat tech to do so..
- nozzlegear 2y agoMr. Trump isn't exactly known for making distinctions like that.
- ethagnawl 2y agoI knew people who were wringing it out of medicated patches and sniffing it out of Afrin bottles during high school in the 90s. I also knew someone who ODd and died from tainted/fake pills they bought from one of The Silk Road's (immediate) successors. Some number of people also OD on "traditional" street drugs every day. So, this is really not a sound argument.
- ics 2y agoWhere's the paper bag that holds the liquor? Just in case I feel the need to puke If we'd known what it'd take to get here Would we have chosen to? So you wanna build an altar on a summer night You wanna smoke the gel off a fentanyl patch Aintcha heard the news? Adam and Eve were Jews And I always loved you to the max David Berman, from Punks in the Beerlight