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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

drug trading (like opium trading as you mention) does not require much intelligence to pull off.

Not just drug trading though, Sassoon monopolized the opium market from Calcutta to Tokyo (he also had significant control of e.g. cotton and spices).

[–]literalotherkinNorm MacDonald Nationalism 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The Rothschild of the East. He wasn't some criminal dealing dime bags on the street corner it was basically a giant corporation he was running.