There's definitely a parallel here, but the difference is that Walmart selling those things in aggregate with that intent would be evil, but they are not individually so, whereas drugs for recreation are individually evil, let alone in aggregate.
That being said, Ross passively facilitated those trades, so his cooperation with that evil was likely remote enough to be inculpable.
Silk Road sold over $1B worth of drugs, and Ross got a piece of the profit from every drug sold. That’s why they prosecuted him under the KingPin statute, conviction could get him 20 years to life. Is it fair? I don’t know. 🤷🏻♂️
Drugs are no more evil than the candy or cereal isle at any grocery store. The candy & cereal have killed & maimed far more people & they are marketed directly to children.
It is easy to be glib about it when it is not your kid. I know what the kid put his family through and it is hell. So you can pontificate all you want but I know first hand how evil drugs are and how much they can destroy.
I am not being glib. Someone who would say the words "drugs got my kid" is 100% avoiding responsibility.
Drugs don't get people. People seek out drugs because they feel trapped or because they can't deal with some sort of trauma or sense of insecurity or whatever. Emotionally stable people who have good relationships with the people around them don't get addicted to hard drugs.
At least with sugar people can sorta be forgiven because there is a mountain of propaganda pushing it on you & a similar amount of propaganda telling people to avoid red meat & foods that are actually healthy & satiating.
Not even the biggest idiot thinks heroin is good for them. The person who turns to heroin has already consciously said "fuck life"
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