Happy Birthday! 🥳 🎂

**4/4**
Trump’s machine isn’t just retribution—it’s intimidation. Critics, judges, and witnesses are at risk. Be warned. Protect those he targets. Stay safe.

**3/4**
Trump doesn’t dirty his hands—he incites violence with winks and nods. “Stand back and stand by,” he told extremists. Lies about Ilhan Omar led to death threats. His rhetoric targets critics, chilling dissent. His mob does the rest.

**2/4**
Trump pardoned Jan. 6 rioters who attacked cops, chanted for civil war, and plotted violence. Many are now free, armed, and threatening witnesses and officers. Chansley (QAnon Shaman) vowed to buy guns. Rhodes (Oath Keepers) plans to “take up arms” post-release.

Freedom to buy means nothing without safety.

Completely agree—prohibition has failed spectacularly, wasting billions and harming countless lives.

The solution isn’t more arrests or stigma; it’s regulation and education.

Legal, tested markets like cannabis show how we can move forward safely, breaking the cycle of fear and misinformation.

Sure, S.R. had more oversight than SF street dealers, but that’s not saying much.

Acceptable would’ve been lab testing for purity, verified potency, and holding vendors accountable for harm, standards you see in legal cannabis markets.

S.R.'s anonymity made that impossible.

Easier? Yes—Silk Road’s reviews and vendor ratings made finding specific products simpler.

Safer? No—without regulation or lab testing, mislabeled drugs like MDMA cut with PMA still caused harm.

Convenience isn’t a substitute for accountability and safety.

Your right prohibition is a major issue, but Silk Road didn't resolve it.

Studies like van Hout & Bingham (Int J Drug Policy, 2013) show mislabeled MDMA, such as PMA, was sold, causing overdoses.

This harm existed because Silk Road lacked safety standards.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24075939/

Comparing a van deal to Silk Road ignores the harm Silk Road enabled.

Bath salts sold as MDMA caused overdoses, and sellers faced no consequences.

Sure, no guns were involved, but users still suffered and died from mislabeled drugs. That’s not accountability. It’s the definition of exploitation.

Silk Road’s ‘accountability’ was a joke.

Sure, there was an escrow system, but it didn’t stop the sale of dangerous substances. Refund policies don’t save lives when there’s no regulation to ensure safety.

True accountability means holding sellers responsible for harm, not just disputes.

The war on drugs is a disaster, but Silk Road didn’t solve that, it exploited it.

Saying it ‘could be regulated’ ignores that Silk Road actively avoided regulation and safety.

Legal markets like marijuana work because of oversight, something Silk Road refused to implement.

Tylenol and McDonald’s are regulated, with safety standards and accountability.

Silk Road wasn’t. If Tylenol or Big Macs harm you, there’s legal recourse.

On Silk Road, mislabeled drugs killed people, and no one was held accountable. Regulation matters, profits alone don’t equal safety.

Silk Road’s reviews didn’t stop mislabeled drugs like fentanyl from being sold.

In 2013, users overdosed from substances marketed as safe.

Dealers faced no accountability.

Harm reduction needs proactive safety measures and regulation, not a profit-driven system exploiting user trust. 👍

The war on drugs is broken, yes, but DPR wasn’t a hero. Silk Road thrived on a lack of accountability, enabling exploitation while hiding behind libertarian ideals.

It wasn’t about freedom at all. It was about profit, leaving users and society to deal with the fallout of unregulated chaos.

Mailing drugs instead of street deals didn’t erase harm, it just made it harder to see.

Overdoses and unregulated access were rampant.

Exploitation came from sellers pushing dangerous substances with no oversight, and users left to risk their lives on a system built for profit.

While he claimed the Silk Road was built to reflect idealistic principles, its unregulated marketplace still enabled harm.

Any positive effects don’t outweigh the exploitation and risks tied to illicit activities.

Change requires structured reform, not unchecked platforms.