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The $1 Billion Opium Trade That Built the British Empire

In the 1800s, Britain had a problem. China had everything the world wanted — tea, silk, porcelain. And China wanted nothing Britain sold. So Britain found another product. One China couldn't refuse. One that paid for itself automatically, permanently, and at scale. They called it trade. History calls it something else. What you'll learn: How the East India Company engineered the largest drug operation in human history Why Britain went to war twice — not for territory, but to protect the right to sell opium How silver flowed out of China and funded the entire British colonial empire The one man who tried to stop it — and what happened to him Why this story is the blueprint for every predatory market that came after The most profitable thing you can sell someone is something they cannot stop buying. Britain didn't just discover that principle. They built an empire on it. If this made you think differently about how wealth and power actually work — subscribe. Every week we cover the financial systems and hidden histories that shaped the world you live in today. Most people never connect these dots. Now you will.