Many Chinese saw opium as a poison introduced by foreign enemies.

From this bestial view that the human mind consists of only sense certainty, pleasure and pain, Locke developed an equally bestial theory of the nation. Man originally existed in a State of Nature of complete liberty.

The myth that John Locke was the philosopher behind the American Republic, is easily refuted by examining how Locke's philosophy steered Thomas Jefferson, for example.

Although the Chinese had used opium as a medicine, there was no widespread addiction before the British arrived.

The East India Company established a monopoly over the production of opium, shortly after taking over Bengal.

The myth that the founding of American Republic was based on the philosophy of John Locke could only have been maintained, because the history of Leibniz's influence was suppressed.

The American Revolution was, in fact, a battle against the philosophy of Locke and the English utilitarians.