I think Ulbricht received a disproportionately harsh sentence for his crime of running an online dark web narcotics marketplace. El Chapo only got one life sentence, plus 30 years for his role as a drug cartel kingpin. And last I checked, the Sinaloa Cartel are responsible for torturing and murdering hundreds, likely thousands of people through some of the most brutal and sadistic methods known to man. Ulbricht’s body count by comparison? Zero, unless you count the two attempts he made to hire hitmen.
As for why Ross got pardoned… A few months ago Trump visited the Libertarian National Convention on his electoral campaign and pledged to commute Ross Ulbricht’s sentence to that of “time served,” which suddenly made an otherwise-booing Libertarian crowd erupt into cheers.
Good on him for actually keeping to his word. He could very easily have flipped the middle finger to the Libertarians who voted for him based on that pledge.
I’m glad he has kept 1 promise.
Maybe Ross was made an example of, by flouting laws and technical ability. Like some sort of “I’m smarter than you” kinda way. Or maybe he’s the guy that made a mistake that lead to him being caught, and was made an example of as if “yeh, we can catch you”.
I guess all of this supports illegal (domestic) drugs, as long as the don’t come from brown people, from the southern border or from illegal immigrants.
I guess that’s bringing manufacturing back to the US? Hurray rust belt!
I guess if you are white: make & sling those drugs!
You have at least 4 years to make a fucking fortune, as long as you don’t import from non-whites!
Fuck yeh! Freedom (for whites)!
Still, it’s a crappy justice system if literally running an international drug cartel thats administering adrenaline to torture victims (so they don’t fall unconscious), skinning them alive and hacking off their limbs with a chainsaw until they die gets you a lighter prison sentence than being a Libertarian web developer who ran the “Amazon of illegal narcotics” and went down what I can best describe as a dollar tree Walter White style descent into criminality.
And that’s just one of the cartel’s many torture and murder methods. They genuinely make ISIL seem merciful by comparison.
I’m not saying Ross didn’t do anything wrong (he certainly did) but there are worse convicts in the criminal justice system who are getting the chance of parole that Ross was denied.
I think Ulbricht received a disproportionately harsh sentence for his crime of running an online dark web narcotics marketplace. El Chapo only got one life sentence, plus 30 years for his role as a drug cartel kingpin. And last I checked, the Sinaloa Cartel are responsible for torturing and murdering hundreds, likely thousands of people through some of the most brutal and sadistic methods known to man. Ulbricht’s body count by comparison? Zero, unless you count the two attempts he made to hire hitmen.
As for why Ross got pardoned… A few months ago Trump visited the Libertarian National Convention on his electoral campaign and pledged to commute Ross Ulbricht’s sentence to that of “time served,” which suddenly made an otherwise-booing Libertarian crowd erupt into cheers.
Good on him for actually keeping to his word. He could very easily have flipped the middle finger to the Libertarians who voted for him based on that pledge.
I’m glad he has kept 1 promise. Maybe Ross was made an example of, by flouting laws and technical ability. Like some sort of “I’m smarter than you” kinda way. Or maybe he’s the guy that made a mistake that lead to him being caught, and was made an example of as if “yeh, we can catch you”.
But trump is VERY against drugs when it suits him:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/declaring-a-national-emergency-at-the-southern-border-of-the-united-states/ - lots of scary illicit narcotics.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/designating-cartels-and-other-organizations-as-foreign-terrorist-organizations-and-specially-designated-global-terrorists/ - foreign drugs are terrorists.
I guess all of this supports illegal (domestic) drugs, as long as the don’t come from brown people, from the southern border or from illegal immigrants.
I guess that’s bringing manufacturing back to the US? Hurray rust belt!
I guess if you are white: make & sling those drugs!
You have at least 4 years to make a fucking fortune, as long as you don’t import from non-whites!
Fuck yeh! Freedom (for whites)!
Like El Chapo, he also hired hit men to kill competitors.
He doesn’t deserve credit for being an incompetent crime boss.
Still, it’s a crappy justice system if literally running an international drug cartel thats administering adrenaline to torture victims (so they don’t fall unconscious), skinning them alive and hacking off their limbs with a chainsaw until they die gets you a lighter prison sentence than being a Libertarian web developer who ran the “Amazon of illegal narcotics” and went down what I can best describe as a dollar tree Walter White style descent into criminality.
And that’s just one of the cartel’s many torture and murder methods. They genuinely make ISIL seem merciful by comparison.
I’m not saying Ross didn’t do anything wrong (he certainly did) but there are worse convicts in the criminal justice system who are getting the chance of parole that Ross was denied.