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0 sats \ 8 replies \ @NovaRift OP 6h \ parent \ on: What am I missing about Ross Ulbricht and the silk road? Politics_And_Law

It seem a bit one sided. Even if Silk Road was safer than the streets, wasn’t it still enabling illegal activities on a massive scale? If Ross wasn’t directly selling drugs, wasn’t he still responsible for creating and running the platform that allowed it?

75 sats \ 5 replies \ @ChrisS 6h

wasn’t it still enabling illegal activities on a massive scale

I’ll wait for @DarthCoin to post his meme about illegal not being an argument against something.

If Ross wasn’t directly selling drugs, wasn’t he still responsible for creating and running the platform that allowed it?

This is a slippery slope.

5 sats \ 4 replies \ @DarthCoin 6h

This is a slippery slope.

exactly that. Selling stuff on internet, is just selling stuff. Is not a crime. And I will add another meme here:

In other words Silk Road did nothing wrong. But I stand my ground: Silk Road was a gov operation from the beginning and Ross was used as patsy

I was in Bitcoin during Silk Road and I watch it closely...

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @NovaRift OP 5h

I know you challenge a lot of conventional thoughts, and I agree that selling stuff online is just selling stuff. But when it comes to selling drugs, IDs, and hacked accounts, that’s more than just selling! it causes real Damage. Do you still support websites on the dark web that sell drugs?

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @DarthCoin 5h

Define "support". Am I against them? NO, why should I be against free market? Am I using them? No, I don't need such things. People must have freedom to trade anything they want. Trades are not a crime. Is just demand and offer. Nobody is forcing you to use those items. But instead the state is forcing you to use a lot of things, you don't like. So who is doing more crimes? Those that are forcing you or those that are just offering you a free trade?

it causes real Damage

free trade it doesn't cause any damage. Is just an offer, you are not forced to accept.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @NovaRift OP 5h

Very interesting. I think I don't have that level of understanding on free markets, so I'll back off from this for now. I've bookmarked your comment though. If I think I could respond with some logic and sense, I'll answer this.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 5h

you better start reading this article I wrote and go deep down the rabbit hole. You are young and you must know these things if you want to live in a real free world.... https://darth-coin.github.io/general/natural-law-bitcoin-en.html

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @fishious 3h

I highly recommend you listen to this podcast episode about Anom (https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/146/). Anom was an encrypted phone with a backdoored e2ee messager app that was created and maintained by the FBI and sold specifically to criminals. These phones and messaging app were used to facilitate drug business operations and coordinate murders. I think it will challenge your views about these matters.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Artilektt 5h

Who gives a shit whether something is just "illegal" or not. All kinds of ridiculous things have been legal or illegal over time. The question is one of morality and principles, not legality.