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minus-squareCrispyFern [fae/faer, any]hexbear51·3 years agoSomeone on here once said "the war on drugs has ruined that quote" and I've been thinking about that ever since. link
minus-squareMiraculousMM [he/him, any]hexagonMhexbear34·3 years agoThat makes so much sense :sadness: link
minus-squareGonzalo [they/them]hexbear7·3 years agoThat too. aka why modern China is extremely against drugs. link
minus-squareinvalidusernamelol [he/him]hexbear12·3 years agoMarx's quote is actually about 2-4 years after the first opium war, so he was likely thinking of it while writing that line. link
minus-squaredave297 [none/use name]hexbear9·3 years agoThat and China had famines due to land being given over to opium production and the drug selling triads were violently anti-communist during the civil war link
minus-squareGonzalo [they/them]hexbear10·3 years agoYup, the misunderstanding of the quote is due to internalized racism / classism. link
Someone on here once said "the war on drugs has ruined that quote" and I've been thinking about that ever since.
That makes so much sense :sadness:
The opium wars...
That too.
aka why modern China is extremely against drugs.
Marx's quote is actually about 2-4 years after the first opium war, so he was likely thinking of it while writing that line.
That and China had famines due to land being given over to opium production and the drug selling triads were violently anti-communist during the civil war
Yup, the misunderstanding of the quote is due to internalized racism / classism.