Ross Ulbricht's name should be mentioned in the company of Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos.
When Ross was only 26, he created an online marketplace called Silk Road. Silk Road allowed users to anonymously exchange products using Bitcoin. Not only a marketplace, the Silk Road was a community based on libertarian principles of non-aggressive exchange and a community that policed its own with that common belief in mind.
Users began leveraging the marketplace to exchange personal-use amounts of drugs and Ross would quickly find himself at the crossroads of 3 major government intersections:
- Cyber
- Drugs
- Finance
There is no doubt, Ross was involved with the creation of Silk Road but holding Ross responsible for what is transacted on the marketplace is like holding Jeff Bezos responsible for everything bought and sold on Amazon, and what it is used for.
The government didn't just blur consitutional protections, it completely disregarded them and Ross Ulbricht is serving 2 life sentences plus 40 years, without the possibility of parole...as a first time, non-violent drug offender.
Supporters range from Keanue Reeves to Noam Chomsky, Presidential candidates, and tech startup founders and thanks to a generous donor a FREE ROSS billboard has been erected in Times Square, for the rest of the year, to raise awareness for Ross's case and to inspire a Presidential review.
To learn more about Ross's case, visit: FreeRoss.org
To checkout the list of notable supporters, visit: https://freeross.org/support/
And to get involved, sign the petition and consider a donation to Mrs. Ulbricht, our guest here today as she shares Ross's incredible story, the implications for all Americans and how she is using the power of Out of Home to fight for her son.
Here's the link to sign the petition:
https://www.change.org/p/president-of-the-united-states-clemency-for-ross-ulbricht-serving-double-life-for-a-website
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