Queen Victoria was the head of the largest drug dealing operation in human history.https://twitter.com/KeithNHumphreys/status/944993281196179457 …
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Replying to @HeerJeet
2/2: Tired of hearing 'UK economic success was based on enslaving blacks, screwing Indians,+getting China hooked on drugs'. Contribution to GDP was minuscule, compared to other powers, who were much more reliant on exploitation.
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Replying to @LeeGregoryPeck
Opium trade was the single biggest source of revenue for British state in much of 19th century, so not minuscule.
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