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now normally a german surname running a dark web website would be a massive red flag, but do the Ulbricht's get a pass because of Walter?
President of a civilized country should not have this power.
Key word here is civilized.
Fuck it. I’m gonna rob a bank, give Trump half, and get pardoned.
Keep in mind that a big part of why Ulbricht was in jail was paying to have multiple people murdered
False. Those charges were all dismissed. Dont spread misinformation.
He paid money to have people killed in order to protect his profits
The fact that he wasn't convicted of it doesn't mean it didn't happen
Ok, you've got me on the wording. He wasn't in jail because he paid for hits, but my point being no matter your thoughts on drug policy, Ross should be in prison
Correct me if I'm wrong: IIRC the feds sent back mock pictures to 'confirm' the victims were killed, so I don't know if anyone was assassinated in reality but, as you said, Ulbricht payed to have them murdered.
You're correct. They were all scams, including one by the US government
That doesn't mean they're scams. Ross really did earnestly pay to get people killed, he just got caught in a honey trap trying to do so and that's a good thing
Did you just restate exactly what the person above you already said?
I was clarifying and adding more details, and also restating to make it clear I wasn't disagreeing at all or trivializing it.
Was it? It wasn't mentioned in the article and I don't think I've ever heard that before.
"Ulbricht was found guilty of charges including conspiracy to commit drug trafficking, money laundering and computer hacking."
I've never heard about this.
Can you provide a source?
Google dude. It was all over the news back when it was new news.
Google didn't turn up anything conclusive.
Are you sure you're not misremembering this or making it up? It should be pretty easy for you to provide a source if it's true.
Legend. Huge congrats to Ross and his family for this outcome. Here's to many more DNMs coming up in the future!
Don't be fooled - Trump cut a deal with the Libertarian Party promising he would do this if he won the election. It seems that yet again, he can conceive of no morality greater than transactionalism.
Compromising with voters? What a violation of politician ethics. Democrats would never to that
But he won the election, why does he have to keep his word to the libertarian party? What are they gonna do if he doesn’t follow through?
Fooled by what?
How does that fool people? It sounds like you're scared that some people may consider his pardon to be semi-good & it bothers you that he might be capable of some good too?
Well now I’m wondering who this could fool and how…
I have to say… even with the Elon influence, I didn’t see that one coming. Ulbricht stole capital from the rich and enabled stuff including human trafficking considered evil by the religious right. But I guess he also stuck it to The Man, for which he is being rewarded.
Human trafficking was not allowed. Not even CCs were allowed. Silk road didn't let you sell anything that harmed others.
Also, how did Ulbricht steal from the rich?!?
He's also partially responsible for why cryptocurrency has any worth at all.
Human trafficking is considered evil by everyone unless you're a pedo/psychopath
now we know why he was pardoned
Did he human traffic? From what I read years ago he didn't allow CP, fake passports, or other things he deemed "unethical", broad statement I know
He did not. This is misinformation. He also didn't sell drugs, other than maybe some mushrooms in the very first days
Have any other good pardons come through?