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> Yes, reform the legal system sensibly. No, we don't let drug kingpins who have built up a serious crime organisation walk. He ran a website. I don't call tha

• etchalon 4y ago
  The idea "it was just a website" is so absolutely weird.
  • throwaway654329 4y ago
    Indeed, it was the realization of his political ideals, no matter how wacky they may seem. He created a market place which was available as a tor hidden service. It was primarily a website and a communications hub, this makes it a kind of meta-criminal enterprise where he enabled other criminals to sell often illegal drugs, though there was apparently much more. The stated political goal at the time with using a website was to reduce violence at the time of a transaction. By that alone it was clearly more than a website.