Pablo Escobar

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Power is a potent tool in the hands of whoever knows how to use them. But to the foolish, power can be a trap use for the displaying of his folly. Greedy ones seek power at any cost and do not care what type of power they have in as much as it can command respect, then it is sufficient. There is money in power. I mean billions of dollars. These monies then add to your power and influence and then it tries to legitimize your power andd business by making you look cooperate and business oriented.

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There is huge money in drug peddling. But that does not make trading in drug a good and legal business. It is well known that drugs and its addiction have negative effect both on the consumer and the society at large. The money involved in this business is huge and almost impossible to ignore. So many war Lord's trade in drugs and uses that to raise money to finance their agenda. They even penetrate into the government house and begin to influence government and it's decision making processes. They finance political candidates for election and also help them do the dirty jobs were necessary. A world famous powerfully rich drug peddler was Pablo Escobar. At a point in his life time, he was admireable by so many as the hope of the less privileged.

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Gun trade is also a huge money spinning business. Where drug is, there is always a fun around. Who are those manufacturing these guns? It's the state in most cases. Some countries don't manufacture but source for it from another country using intermediaries mostly where they don't have cordial relationship with the manufacturing country. Another means is to get the link of powerful drug peddlers. They do have huge armoury of weapons. They most times exchange drugs for latest suffisticated weapons.

Powerful countries these days don't even care how they make or come about their money or wealth. All they care about is themselves. If they see what they need in your country, they'll pump in weapons to warlords and create unrest for the governmentto battle with and then use such avenue to illegally extract or mine what they need outt of such countries. Covid -19 is another example of money at all cost. Not all wealth are legitimately gotten. If you must be a billionaire, earn it legitimately otherwise, be satisfied with whatever you've gotten.