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To: SeekAndFind

Opium wars.... they take a wry satisfaction when we complain and demand they stop. Even though it was Brits that forced the opium in, they lump us all in together and think it’s funny, and they make money.


5 posted on 06/18/2024 9:20:52 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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To: DesertRhino

You are wrong. The U.Sm started pushing opium into China in the 1780s. By 1820, They had passed up France and were second behind U.K. The United States forced unequal treaties on China. Rich people from the United States were making a fortune selling opium in China. Look up how FDR maternal grandfather made his fortune.


9 posted on 06/18/2024 9:57:33 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: DesertRhino

No one forced Opium in. The British forced the Manchus to let them also sell opium. Opium was in, just not opium sold by British.

But yeah, blaming US for UK opium issues is crazy but Chicoms are like our 1619/DEI crazies — all white people are the same and “colonist.”


12 posted on 06/18/2024 10:17:04 PM PDT by ifinnegan (MDemocrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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