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		maxlin 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ross Ulbricht granted a full pardon Silk Road in how it worked removed almost all the criminal life exposure from the process. People undervalue that, as if it wasn't a thing.

mrkramer 7 months ago [–]

That argument doesn't have any validity taking in consideration that it was still illegal to sell drugs online. In another words; legally it doesn't mean anything that it was safer to sell drugs online than it is on the streets, both are illegal. I have no sympathy for such "noble" entrepreneurs.

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