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how did Britain force the Chinese population to consume Opium?

▲ se4u 12 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I don't know if you are just ignorant about history and unwilling to Google, or if you are making the point that of course British did not force feed opium to the people.

What is very well established is that the british fought a war , literally called the opium war by Western historians themselves with the main objective of keeping their opium distribution into China open after the emperor banned it

Their action was akin to if some majority owner of Purdue pharma invades US and forces US government to "keep the oxy market open" while letting "people make their own decision".

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talldatethrow 12 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Tbh, what you describe sounds nothing like forcing opium on a people. If mexico invaded and started making meth in the US, or started sending even more meth into the US than they do now by totally taking over the border, I would not begin taking meth.

	▲	herval 12 hours ago \| parent [-]
		exactly.

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▲ adolph 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

  >> Like britain invaded china ( opium wars ) and forced opium on china's population.

  > how did Britain force the Chinese population to consume Opium?

The Chinese government of the time had banned opium and the British worked to bypass that, eventually with governmental force.

	▲	herval 12 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I'm not saying Britain didn't do something _against the will of the goverment_. I'm just questioning OP's nonsense that individuals were forced to consume Opium vs not forced to consume TikTok - in both cases, clearly nobody was forced. And in both cases, it's products made to be addictive.