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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

the fortune that built Forbes started with selling opium in dominated China

Those Forbes are unrelated to the magazine founder also incidentally the magazine is now majority Chinese owned.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Oh wow, I didn't realize that Forbes magazine was a completely separate Forbes! Thanks for turning me on to that. I also learned that John Kerry is of the Forbes family that made their money in opium!