Robert Trout

Although the Chinese had used opium as a medicine, there was no widespread addiction before the British arrived. ↗

— Robert Trout

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Many Chinese saw opium as a poison introduced by foreign enemies. ↗

— Robert Trout

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We fear doing too little when we should do more. Then atone by doing too much, when perhaps we should do less. ↗

— Robert Trout

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Confucianism strongly condemned the use of drugs like opium. ↗

— Robert Trout

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In order for a society to survive, it must generate a sufficient level of physical production both to meet its current needs, and to produce a surplus for upgrading its productive powers. ↗

— Robert Trout

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Leibniz dedicated his life to efforts to educate people to understand that true happiness is found by locating their identity in benefitting mankind and their posterity. ↗

— Robert Trout

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The American Revolution was, in fact, a battle against the philosophy of Locke and the English utilitarians. ↗

— Robert Trout

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The British seizure of Hongkong was an aspect of one of the most ugly crimes of the British Empire: the takeover and destruction of India, and the use of India to flood China with opium. ↗

— Robert Trout

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The East India Company established a monopoly over the production of opium, shortly after taking over Bengal. ↗

— Robert Trout

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The East India Company's domination of the Indian economy was based on its private army. ↗

— Robert Trout

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