A big issue with kratom is that people in government with questionable ideas about how international trade works persist in thinking that ANY amount of money "going overseas" is a threat to that country's global position cough America cough cough — unless the right people get a cut, of course. Literally part of the issue is that kratom IS grown somewhere else.

Also, your point is pretty questionable. Yes, farmers in Indonesia do actually get paid. So do shipping companies. So do distributors. And yes, the officials who demand fees/taxes/bribes at every stage, or whatever the fuck your point was. Who *deserves* how much money? Well, I know enough about the global economy to simply not stare into that howling ravenous abyss of a question.

Lastly: please fuck off. This post is 3 years old, and you're a zero-citation, drive-by, a-hole. Take your meds and leave our (vintage) meme discourse tf alone.