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I have no evidence for this, but I think that your chances of funding a violent group with your purchase would be significantly lower on a dark net market than

by ocb 12y ago

I have no evidence for this, but I think that your chances of funding a violent group with your purchase would be significantly lower on a dark net market than if you made the purchase on the street.

krapp 12y ago
If darknets are profitable, what's to stop existing drug cartels from becoming involved with them?
- aianus 12y ago
  Existing drug cartels have a great competitive advantage in violence, intimidation, and smuggling. None of those skills are particularly useful in competing with anonymous rivals on Silk Road.
  - krapp 12y ago
    There is still the violence involved in production and distribution, though.
    - aianus 12y ago
      For some drugs, sure. For the group of chemistry students cooking up a batch of MDMA or LSD inside the US and selling it directly to consumers through USPS, not so much.
xorcist 12y ago
Not likely. The prices on SR were higher than on the street because of more middlemen, not fewer. Whoever is selling to you on SR is buying from the street.