Here is a news item that should chill every right-thinking citizen to the bone. A man, a poison seller, has been condemned by His Majesty’s Government. But the real culprit is not a single rogue trader.
It is the systemic decay of online regulation, a moral and institutional failure that echoes the late Roman Empire’s reliance on mercenaries. We have outsourced the safety of our children to algorithms and marketplace policies written by California techbros. The government’s belated condemnation is theatre.
The rot has been visible for years: chemical precursors sold with a click, unregulated forums where suicidal ideation meets a vendor, and a Home Office that reacts only when a body is found. This is not an accident. It is the logical conclusion of a society that worships convenience and despises responsibility.
We once had the Factory Acts, the Pure Food and Drugs Acts. Now we have a digital wild west where any fool can buy the means of self-destruction. The poison seller is a symptom.
The disease is our collective abdication of duty. We must reimpose the old virtues: oversight, accountability, and the courage to say no to libertarian fantasy. If not, we will continue to reap the whirlwind.
