All this feels like a rehash of the British Empire selling Opium to China in the 18th century. Only this time it's China supplying the United States along with other addictive digital platforms such as TikTok.
I usually get downvoted when I say this
Chinese Businesses Fueling the Fentanyl Epidemic Receive Millions in Crypto
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#12This has been known for a while
Not sure why your comment got downvoted. There were several articles before COVID that covered a few low-profile drug lords from China that were smuggling fentanyl in the US. EDIT: Found the specific article I was thinking about: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-05-22/deadly-ch...
It's been going on since at least 2010
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#14This is a phenomenal showcase for the utter failure of the war on drugs. Regulate it, tax it, ensure folks can safely use, and help them stop using when they're ready.
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Injecting rooms are a well known and demonstrated way of providing a safe space for IV drug users whilst also providing the opportunity to engage and provide information and services to get help.
I don’t particularly think opiates should be legalised but I definitely think harm minimisation is a way to minimise human misery
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#15All this feels like a rehash of the British Empire selling Opium to China in the 18th century. Only this time it's China supplying the United States along with other addictive digital platforms such as TikTok.
I usually get downvoted when I say this
To be fair, it is a pretty ridiculous comparison for anyone to make.
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#16My thought was "just millions"? The actual article says "tens of millions", but I think that's incorrect.
But crypto or not, there are many methods of moving currency into China. That's the easy part because there's so much demand to get currency out.
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#17All this feels like a rehash of the British Empire selling Opium to China in the 18th century. Only this time it's China supplying the United States along with other addictive digital platforms such as TikTok.
> All this feels like a rehash of the British Empire selling Opium to China in the 18th century. Only this time it's China supplying the United States ...
Two wrongs do not make a right.
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#18All this feels like a rehash of the British Empire selling Opium to China in the 18th century. Only this time it's China supplying the United States along with other addictive digital platforms such as TikTok.
> All this feels like a rehash of the British Empire selling Opium to China in the 18th century. Only this time it's China supplying the United States ... Two wrongs do not make a right.
> Two wrongs do not make a right.
How is that different than karma?
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
> All this feels like a rehash of the British Empire selling Opium to China in the 18th century. Only this time it's China supplying the United States ... Two wrongs do not make a right.
> Two wrongs do not make a right. How is that different than karma?
Why is the US the inheritor of the British Empire's karma?
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#20All this feels like a rehash of the British Empire selling Opium to China in the 18th century. Only this time it's China supplying the United States along with other addictive digital platforms such as TikTok.
> All this feels like a rehash of the British Empire selling Opium to China in the 18th century. Only this time it's China supplying the United States ... Two wrongs do not make a right.
That comment doesn't imply that it does.