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Drugs, Libertarianism, and Ross Ulbricht

• lewrockwell.com, By Laurence M. Vance

Of course it doesn't. But that hasn't stopped some libertarians from making Ross Ulbricht a libertarian hero.

Ulbricht was the creator of the Silk Road website, an online marketplace for the sale of heroin, cocaine, and other illegal drugs. As all libertarians are painfully aware, Ulbricht, was earlier this year found guilty by a federal court of narcotics trafficking, money laundering, and other dubious federal crimes, and was recently sentenced to life in prison without parole.

This is an outrageous and unjust sentence for a victimless crime. Too bad he just didn't commit rape or murder. Even Charles Manson comes up for parole every so often.

Libertarians have focused on whether Ulbricht is a hero (see, for example, here, here, and here). This is all well and good. What I want to focus on is whether he was a libertarian.


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