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Re:An enormous thread on alleged Google Facebook collusion by bostik on Saturday October 23, 2021 @06:16AM (#28967114)
> If the law allowed drug trafficking and kidnappings, the biggest corp [anywhere] would be ...

History proves you right.

The entire British empire, a fabulously wealthy system, was founded on slave trade (think: kidnapping, trafficking) and when that became too risky to maintain either the trade or profit margins, they moved over to global drug trade. The opium wars.

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Re:An enormous thread on alleged Google Facebook collusion by agumonkey on Saturday October 23, 2021 @07:17AM (#28967390)
this has a few diagrams https://historyindoors.co.uk/britains-dark-past-the-atrociti...

some are telling

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