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Honest question, why sinister? What has happened?

Another poster is claiming the unregulated Amsterdam market has been taken over by organised crime. That actually sounds sinister.

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It's sinister because it pretends to be altruistic while simultaneously serving the interest of a small faction.

Isn't it sinister because it's serving organised crime? Would you feel it similarly sinister if the market had been cornered by a startup (or three) with some silly name and a pile of VC debt?

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