David Rosenthal: belief

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…I just never really thought about how would you get it mailed to you or how would you get the goods. Most of these people aren’t in the same city. It’s happening all over the world. It was actually kind of crazy. This character, Dread Pirate Roberts, wrote that he wanted, “Grow into a force to be reckoned with that can challenge the powers that be and at last give people the option to choose freedom over tyranny.” It’s kind of amazing. There was a club section on the website, the book club still exists. It’s like part of a message board now. I think eventually they did shift to an eBay style business model, like a traditional marketplace taking a cut of every transaction. But at the beginning, I think they didn’t want to get involved in the transactions themselves. That’ll legally protect you. As long as you’re not taking [...].…

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