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You can’t give a gigantic middle finger to the social contract and expect to be treated with kid gloves.

I think the sentence was excessive, but then again I didn’t run a website for years for the expressed purpose of facilitating and profiting from the illegal international drug trade.

The idea that he would just be released and not then immediately charged by another nation is naive.

I’m genuinely shocked that this is getting attention from anyone but libertarian ideologues.

Edit: I’m fine with your downvotes. Nobody wants to discuss the level of taboo breaking the Silk Road caused simply because it’s actually not entirely difficult to operate. People get made examples of.