Cliff Varnell Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Paul Brancato said: Castro kicked the mafia and casinos out. That didn’t make a lot of economic sense, but he did it just liked he kicked out United Fruit and others. I’ve never heard or seen any evidence that Castro had a corner of the worlds heroin trade, and I don’t recall reading that Batista did either. Paul, I’m not talking about Castro having a “corner” on the world’s heroin trade. Where did that come from? I specifically said “boutique operation.” You are aware that Meyer Lanksy and Santos Trafficante had turned Havana into a narco-trafficking center in the 50’s, right? Quote Cuba may be strategically located, but you could say that about other islands too. Yep. And after they got kicked out of Cuba the Lansky-Trafficante operation moved dope thru the Dominican Republic and Haiti until finding more favorable arrangements in the Bahamas. Quote Why wouldn’t Castro do that? Because his goals were not Capitalist. That’s like saying Castro didn’t sell sugar because engaging in commodity trading is “capitalist.” Wiki: “Cuba and the Soviet Union signed a long-term trade agreement in January 1964 that allowed for the export of 24 million tons of sugar at a fixed price of 6.11 cents per pound from 1965 to 1970.” Commies do business, too... Edited June 25, 2020 by Cliff Varnell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Brancato Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 What a difference a word makes - I didn’t say a corner on, I said a corner of, and I can see how the word corner wasn’t good - I should have said a piece. Anyway, your intuition is all you got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Varnell Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 16 minutes ago, Paul Brancato said: What a difference a word makes - I didn’t say a corner on, I said a corner of, and I can see how the word corner wasn’t good - I should have said a piece. Anyway, your intuition is all you got. Yes, that’s what I said at the beginning... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James DiEugenio Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 How about this? https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/3/30/opium-at-harvard/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Bauer Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 (edited) On 6/25/2020 at 3:38 PM, James DiEugenio said: How about this? https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/3/30/opium-at-harvard/ Really interesting. I've posted my own essays several times on this forum about the permeation of corruption throughout our nation's history. Deeper and in so many levels and areas of government, politics, corporate and personal business in everyday life ( in this case educational ) it's institutionalized to a significant degree. I call corruption one of America's top 3 or 4 legacies, if not in the last 150 years, for sure in the last 80 or 90 years and especially after WWII. The average person in this country educated in the typical historical standard way, is naive to this reality in an almost childlike way imo. The entire world has struggled with corruption at the same time of course. Now, today we are still seriously debating the corruptness of politics and business, including our own president and his actions as president ( he WAS the subject of an impeachment trial was he not ?) as well as his long time history in private business and personal life. Well, at least we had one president since JFK who was not so corrupt and even Christian decent and committed in his morals ... Jimmy Carter! The only sexual immorality I ever read about Carter was his public confession that he "lusted in his heart." Edited June 27, 2020 by Joe Bauer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Andrews Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 (edited) On 6/25/2020 at 6:38 PM, James DiEugenio said: How about this? https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/3/30/opium-at-harvard/ If people look up former (?) member Linda Minor's research on the opium trade, presented at her own website, she has covered the connection between American mercantilism and Asian drug exportation quite thoroughly. One link to start sourcing pages from: http://quixoticjoust.blogspot.com/p/musings.html Edited June 28, 2020 by David Andrews Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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