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...when it consistently and unfairly places itself and its cronies above said laws.

krapp 12y ago
Nevertheless, selling illegal drugs on the internet is illegal. I don't think you can say that attempting to bring down darknets is an example of government corruption in this case, notwithstanding the inevitable argument that the government is corrupt in any case.
- innguest 12y ago
  I can say exactly that, watch me: their persecution priorities are corrupted. How many rights violations is this darknet thingy causing? More than the megabankers that get away with a slap on the wrist? And how much easier is it to arrest megabankers than technical-minded hacker guys and gals that try their best to hide their crimes? There's a much higher beneficial payoff that can come from arresting bankers (like Iceland did), and at much less effort, than trying to make sure anonymous people don't put silly substances in their mouths. So yes, attempting to close down darknets is a shining example of our government's corruption, today, with everything that is happening with the economy, courtesy of the bankers.
  - CamperBob2 12y ago
    (Shrug) The bankers have no power that the government doesn't give them. Your enemy lives on Pennsylvania Avenue, not Wall Street.
    - innguest 12y ago
      Are you sure of that? "Give me the control of the credit of a nation, and I care not who makes the laws." -- Mayer Amschel Rothschild Disclaimer: I do not believe in a Rothschild conspiracy. I believe in real conspiracies like the Libor scandal.
      - CamperBob2 12y ago
        Key part of that phrase: Give me control.
- NoMoreNicksLeft 12y ago
  > Nevertheless, selling illegal drugs on the internet is illegal. Apparently running a social media website where you don't sell drugs but other people do is also illegal. He committed the equivalent of putting up a bulletin board where drug dealers would pin instructions on how to buy from them.
  - hsod 12y ago
    Also he took a cut of every transaction
    - zo1 12y ago
      He probably pays taxes on that money, too. Does that make the government an accomplice? Really, you just can't apply logic and consistency to laws across all members of society. On the one hand, they contradict themselves in application, and on the other hand you have special exceptions for state-actors among others.
      - Phlarp 12y ago
        He bought a top end tesla with a $70,000 down payment in bitcoin a few months after taking over. You really want to contend that he "probably pays taxes on that money, too."?
        sahara 12y ago
        Sales tax in San Francisco is 8.75%, so, yeah.
- kirsebaer 12y ago
  There are many cases of drug-police taking bribes from drug dealers. If you can't believe that happens in the US, at least accept that it happens in other places. Just a few years ago the President of INTERPOL was convicted of taking bribes from a drug dealer.

krapp 12y ago

Nevertheless, selling illegal drugs on the internet is illegal. I don't think you can say that attempting to bring down darknets is an example of government corruption in this case, notwithstanding the inevitable argument that the government is corrupt in any case.

innguest 12y ago
I can say exactly that, watch me: their persecution priorities are corrupted. How many rights violations is this darknet thingy causing? More than the megabankers that get away with a slap on the wrist? And how much easier is it to arrest megabankers than technical-minded hacker guys and gals that try their best to hide their crimes? There's a much higher beneficial payoff that can come from arresting bankers (like Iceland did), and at much less effort, than trying to make sure anonymous people don't put silly substances in their mouths. So yes, attempting to close down darknets is a shining example of our government's corruption, today, with everything that is happening with the economy, courtesy of the bankers.
- CamperBob2 12y ago
  (Shrug) The bankers have no power that the government doesn't give them. Your enemy lives on Pennsylvania Avenue, not Wall Street.
  - innguest 12y ago
    Are you sure of that? "Give me the control of the credit of a nation, and I care not who makes the laws." -- Mayer Amschel Rothschild Disclaimer: I do not believe in a Rothschild conspiracy. I believe in real conspiracies like the Libor scandal.
    - CamperBob2 12y ago
      Key part of that phrase: Give me control.
NoMoreNicksLeft 12y ago
> Nevertheless, selling illegal drugs on the internet is illegal. Apparently running a social media website where you don't sell drugs but other people do is also illegal. He committed the equivalent of putting up a bulletin board where drug dealers would pin instructions on how to buy from them.
- hsod 12y ago
  Also he took a cut of every transaction
  - zo1 12y ago
    He probably pays taxes on that money, too. Does that make the government an accomplice? Really, you just can't apply logic and consistency to laws across all members of society. On the one hand, they contradict themselves in application, and on the other hand you have special exceptions for state-actors among others.
    - Phlarp 12y ago
      He bought a top end tesla with a $70,000 down payment in bitcoin a few months after taking over. You really want to contend that he "probably pays taxes on that money, too."?
      - sahara 12y ago
        Sales tax in San Francisco is 8.75%, so, yeah.
kirsebaer 12y ago
There are many cases of drug-police taking bribes from drug dealers. If you can't believe that happens in the US, at least accept that it happens in other places. Just a few years ago the President of INTERPOL was convicted of taking bribes from a drug dealer.