The article highlights the historical and ongoing use of addiction as a tool for control, tracing back to the British opium trade in China. Rather than a mere trade, the opium network was a form of conquest, deliberately aimed at undermining the strength of a culture and society. The legacy of this strategy persists today with contemporary substances, illustrating a systemic pattern where the vulnerable are exploited for profit, exposing the complicity of corporations and governments. It calls for awareness, resistance, and a reclaiming of autonomy as crucial steps to break this cycle.
Addiction is still used as a tool of control. Whether it is synthetic opioids, pharmaceuticals, or other substances marketed as relief or escape, it all serves one purpose.
The opium trade was not trade. It was a weapon used to break the spirit of a nation. The British saw China standing strong, self-sufficient, culturally rich.
When the Chinese tried to resist, Britain responded with war to protect its right to profit off addiction. That was never commerce. It was conquest disguised as capitalism.
Entire communities are broken apart while corporations profit and governments look away. This is not an accident. It is the continuation of a pattern that began centuries ago.
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