The Silk Road creator is arrested and the website has been seized by the FBI, drama all over reddit. (self.SubredditDrama)
SubredditDrama
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The first post to /r/silkroad, not much drama
The main discussion going on in /r/silkroad, the fallout discussion is located here
One user thinks that another should have prepared for this, /r/SilkRoad subscribers aren't amused
More drama in /r/news about it, here's the entire thread
Now to /r/Bitcoin, where bitcoin prices have dropped quite a bit since the announcement.
The largest current post on the topic
Minor drama here when a user says "It's great news", not everyone agrees
More drama in another /r/bitcoin thread, "And you guys laughed at me when I told you the value was all in the black markets... please GTFO if you don't understand."
The discussion is also ongoing in /r/drugs, in this thread
One user says doing heroine is more dangerous than going to jail, not all of /r/drugs agrees
More minor drama throughout the thread
Now we move to /r/worldnews, there are quite a few different opinions and drama in this thread
Drama near the top of the thread
Last but not least, we head to /r/technology for this thread
>"This was not about the illegal drugs. Thus was about the bit coins which scare the fed and financial sector to their core because they do not control them." Not everyone agrees.
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If you find anymore drama, comment and I'll add it to the post
118 comments submitted at 20:41:53 on Oct 2, 2013 by TheReasonableCamel
I'm not getting this logic- a man running one of the largest black markets in the world is a hero?
it's reddit, bro. the collective thoughts of young, white, affluent males.
it doesn't make sense, it just is.
because stealing money from citizens to wage a war on the personal freedom of the same citizens in an allegedly free country makes perfect sense.
edit: I see this is getting downvoted. apparently the frequenters of r/subredditdrama oppose personal liberty and support tyranny.
To clarify, when you refer to stealing money are you talking about taxes?
well I can't speak for you, but I never signed a contract stating I would give money to the government so they could hunt down and arrest people for buying, selling or using drugs, but the government sees fit to take my money regardless and they'll punish me if I don't pay up. kinda like the mafia.
lol
Don't cut yourself on that edge.
You never did sign a contract, which is the beauty of it- if you don't like the war on drugs, then move somewhere else that doesn't care about it, and become an expatriate so they can put your valuable taxes to better use than solely on the war on drugs- for example, roads, schools, firefighters, a space program, etc. The Netherlands might be what you're looking for.
Alternatively, if you still like the US, then try to change it- let it be vocally known through email and calls to your local representatives that you don't like what your taxes are being used for, and start or join a movement lobbying for the war on drugs to end.
But please don't make references to the mafia when you haven't actually met the mafia, or lived in a country that operates like the mafia.
>You never did sign a contract, which is the beauty of it-
no, that's the horror of it.
>But please don't make references to the mafia when you haven't actually met the mafia, or lived in a country that operates like the mafia.
I do live in a country that operates like the mafia.
Not sure if Poe, or 16.
> no, that's the horror of it.
So you can either move to a country that lets you squat there and not pay attention to their laws (none of them) or one without laws, like Somalia.
Sounds legit.
What a shame. I suppose you could always move to a country that doesn't operate like the mafia, but then again, the TSA would nab you at O'Hare International and then toss you into Lake Michigan with some concrete shoes for trying to leave.
EDIT: Also, I don't recall the last time the mafia helped pay for roads, orphanages, schools, NASA, etc.
Here's the thing though, no one is forcing you to live in that country.
true, but moving to another country is no simple matter. I'm forced to either live in a country exercises tyranny when it feels like it, or spend the resources to move thousands of miles away and rebuild my life from the ground up. that's coercion.
You've been Ron Pauling too hard.
The government spends taxes on what the people want them spent on. People elect representatives based on platforms on issues they care about. These representatives then work to get laws passed that support the platform they were elected on.
That's a really simplistic way to look at it, I know, but its the basic idea. Obviously nobody is going to listen to one person, but if you can organize like minded people, or find other organized like minded people, you can have a part in change.
There is no tyranny in the US. Read about North Korea then come tell me about tyranny.
How can you talk about hating tyranny while proudly displaying your Operation: Iraqi Freedom knife?
I'm crying salty tears for you man. Seriously though, doesn't anyone just have a dealer anymore?
If taxes are so bad visit a country with no taxes and see how nicely they are living.
Well, there is no price too great to pay for freedom, amirite?
#FUCKYOUIWONTDOWHATYOUTELLME
Yes, we're all literally Hitler.
You want to feel free to buy drugs? Fantastic. Where do you think that stuff comes from? Ask Mexico, thousands of people have died there in battles to control your "personal liberty".
If you really think this has something to do with personal liberty then you're out of your fucking mind. Where do you think the largest part of the money on the silk road was going to? Just some local drugdealer?
>You want to feel free to buy drugs? Fantastic. Where do you think that stuff comes from? Ask Mexico, thousands of people have died there in battles to control your "personal liberty".
they didn't die to control my personal liberty (because that makes no sense), they died because drugs are illegal. banning goods doesn't remove them from society, it simply shifts them to the black market where unchecked criminals run amok. we saw this with alcohol during prohibition. once alcohol was legal again, the crime went away.
>If you really think this has something to do with personal liberty then you're out of your fucking mind. Where do you think the largest part of the money on the silk road was going to? Just some local drugdealer?
if drugs were legalized, the money would go to legitimate businesses, just like alcohol, tobacco, over the counter drugs and prescription drugs. all it would take to reduce violent crime across the entire western hemisphere is simply respecting personal liberty to do as we please with drugs.