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Why are brownies so in love with this ogre?
This is the face of American Beauty apparently
How "see you in Valhǫll" Indian does a SOB have to be to find this ogre attractive?
When will Netflix produce a Narcos version set in the Opium Wars?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt's family, specifically his mother's side (the Delanos), had connections with the opium trade in China during the 19th century was a significant source of its wealth.
FDR's maternal grandfather, Warren Delano Jr., was a merchant who made his fortune in China and was one of the partners in Russell & Co., a prominent company involved in the opium trade at the time.
At that time, many of the wealthiest and most respected American families were involved in this trade, which was legal for Western merchants, although it had significant ethical and social implications in China.
Therefore, although the Delano family's wealth (and by extension, part of FDR's inheritance) originated from activities that today would be considered drug trafficking, this occurred within a different historical and legal context by Western standards of the time.
it is historically documented that a prominent branch of the American Forbes family (part of the Boston Brahmins) made a significant portion of its original fortune through the 19th-century opium trade with China.
Key details include:
The China Trade The family, through firms like Perkins & Co. and Russell & Co., were heavily involved in the "Old China Trade". To address a trade imbalance caused by a high American demand for Chinese tea and silk, they exported large quantities of opium (sourced from Turkey and British India) to China, where the drug was illegal
FDR's maternal grandfather, Warren Delano Jr., was a merchant who made his fortune in China and was one of the partners in Russell & Co., a prominent company involved in the opium trade at the time.
At that time, many of the wealthiest and most respected American families were involved in this trade, which was legal for Western merchants, although it had significant ethical and social implications in China.
Therefore, although the Delano family's wealth (and by extension, part of FDR's inheritance) originated from activities that today would be considered drug trafficking, this occurred within a different historical and legal context by Western standards of the time.
it is historically documented that a prominent branch of the American Forbes family (part of the Boston Brahmins) made a significant portion of its original fortune through the 19th-century opium trade with China.
Key details include:
The China Trade The family, through firms like Perkins & Co. and Russell & Co., were heavily involved in the "Old China Trade". To address a trade imbalance caused by a high American demand for Chinese tea and silk, they exported large quantities of opium (sourced from Turkey and British India) to China, where the drug was illegal
Grim.
Crazy how you can get world famous just by having two big bags of fat attached to your chess. We are an interesting species let me tell you.
Crazy how you can get world famous just by having two big bags of fat attached to your chess. We are an interesting species let me tell you.