• WhatDoYouMeanPodcast [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    This reminds me of that joke about a surgeon working tirelessly on a heart surgery and the patient thanking god afterwards. America spent a trillion dollars and slaughtered a million Iraqis in part to help opiates flourish. Now the epidemic is China’s fault? That’s the most convenient thing I’ve ever heard.

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      as far as my history knowledge goes china had historical troubles with all of their population being opiate addicts so this tracks. No I will not check how this came to be or how it shapes chinese politics to this day.

      • KuroXppi [they/them]@hexbear.net
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        Their criminal vendetta against free enterprise by eradicating opium, our nation defining tossing tea leaves into a harbour. They are both made from plants, see