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camarillobrillo  ·  3497 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Silk Road's Ross Ulbricht Sentenced to Life in Prison

You really hit the nail on the head. It's a bit naive to think that darknets end drug violence on anything more than a street dealer level. They're still going through most of the fucked up cartel channels after all, just a little detour at the end. It's a step in the right direction for sure. And you'll never destroy Silk Road like you'll never destroy Napster.

I think it's simple. Illegal drugs and hitmen? That's the CIA's job. They don't like competition.

I'm not a crackpot I'm just saying the industries currently in legal control of these commodities will do whatever they can to stop thugs (let's face it the guy's a thug) from changing the status quo.