[Pesthuf]

If their business sold alcohol to as many teenagers as the Silk Road has sold drugs, then yes, they would get life.

[butlike]

Then why isn't the CEO of anheiser-busch given two consecutive life sentences plus 40 years?

[mc32]

AB-InBev does not sell directly to consumers. They have a distributor model of operation.

[echoangle]

You mean how Silk Road didn’t actually sell anything but was only a marketplace?

[realce]

Doing business in, or running, a marketplace without established legal regulations opens you up to undefined consequences. Without laws to bind you, there are no laws to protect you.