[csears]

One could argue that cartel members and VCs do share some qualities. But again, your point is well taken and you may very well be right. I won't move forward if there isn't a safe, legal path to do so. I appreciate your feedback.

[raincom]

VCs can destroy your career and finances in safe/legal ways. Cartels don't operate in safe/legal ways. Cartel members snitch on you, can kill you or family members. Cartel members always care about their safety first, not your safety; that means, they can do whatever they want. Just go to https://www.borderlandbeat.com for all narco news.

The kind of naïveté you displayed in this thread shows that you will end up communicating with a fake cartel member, who is some federal law enforcement agent. That agent will set you up on a path of you getting convicted. That's for sure.

[eschaton]

Getting catfished by the law and convicted and imprisoned would probably be preferable to whatever the cartels would have in store too.

[pg_1234]

Sounds like we need to be setting these Cartels on VCs.

[bwoodcock]

The safe, legal way to contact everyone is to publish in the commons. Establish prior art and do not claim intellectual property protections for the idea.

[latchkey]

This plan sounds right up there with:

I've got a carbon fiber submarine controlled with a $30 joystick and a screen screwed into the side of the hull. Want to go for a ride?

[peteradio]

Are you prepared to walk around with a gun on your person at all times and a cyanide tooth to avoid more regrettable death?

[gerikson]

Apart from the suicide pill, lots of Americans do that...