Trump pardons Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht
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On one talon, life in a federal prison sounds like a long sentence for creating a website, but...
On the other talon, Ross enabled drug dealers and drug consoomers when he made that website, and at least one consoomer, who was not a consoomer before that website was created, died from an overdose, an overdose on drugs he consoomed from that website.
Once I realized that Ross basically poisoned a bunch of people and turned them into junkies with his website, it is harder to feel bad for him, even If he did it indirectly.
How would you feel if a friend or lived one became a deranged junkie because of drug dealers?
How would you feel if, say, your father overdosed?
Its telling that "conservatives" are defending a *narco* and facilitator of drug trafficking. Based on nothing else other than "his mom is sad that he got arrested" and "well el chapo got a lighter sentence" and "muh libertarian free market". If biden had freed him instead they'd be going ape shit. It's bread and circuses and nobody has an actual compass.
Adressing these points: Well, first off, it's a fucking non sequitur as I mentioned earlier. The fact that it's not fair in comparison to el chapo *doesn't mean he should be free*. Secondly, el chapo got life in prison plus 30 years by the Supreme Court. Ross Ulbricht got life in prison twice. They received effectively the same sentence. It doesnt matter. I could sentence someone to life in prison 6 quadrillion times and its the exact same sentence when compared to El Chapo's singular life sentence. The only reason this happened is because ulbricht has a chance at appeal. El chapo sure as all hell does not. No conviction against El Chapo is ever going to be overturned lol. *Mexico* sentenced him to less time in prison than Ulbricht, true, but Mexico isn't the United states so this doesn't fucking matter at all. I won't even address the third point, lolbertarians are afflicted with an infantile disorder.