It's cause you're poor.
That's not even a joke. Those scumbags are the single richest people in the world so they can just buy their way outta any legal trouble
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Those scumbags are the single richest people in the world so they can just buy their way outta any legal trouble
literally. the trump trial just before the elections was the essence of this. the judge said he is guilty and wished him godspeed.
(and he probably didn't even get any money, he was just scared to be epsteined after the elections.)
Yup. There are currently ~180 billionaires in the Virgin Islands for a NYE mega-yacht party. Those ~180 people collectively represent ~80% of the entire nation’s wealth.
.........anyone got a nuke?
Seriously, if ever there were a time for war crimes in the Caribbean
War crimes in the Caribbean… man the pirates franchise is getting dark
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And the legal system is often a country-club insider system where they protect their own.
You don't get 20 years in jail for littering.
Yeah, all they did was litter one corpse into a river.
maybe op was doing it a lot
and/or the litter was plutonium or something
edit: I think the phrasing was intended to be hyperbolic
Depends where.
I know you don't get 20 years for littering...
But maybe...
Just hear me out...
You should?
The problem is you have failed at least one, probably both, of the foundational rules of any capitalist society.
First rule of capitalism: Be rich. Second rule of capitalism: Don't be poor.
In other regimes there are three rules: first be rich, second don't be poor, third don't contradict the leader or the party.
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Troll account. Dude's history is atrocious and it's been only one day.
What, you don’t think “Most book are terrible” is a good take?!
Why aren't they rioting?
The same reason you aren't.
the protests pretty much showed as that. organized, predictable, no wants to ruffle feathers.
Wilhoit's law:
"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
In looking up the exact text, apparently it is often attributed to the wrong Wilhoit, lol.
can you explain this littering thing im interested i love crime
Where are you getting 20 years for littering?
Maybe he was littering by throwing away Top Secret Confidential documents on the floor of the Russian Embassy.
Or maybe he was littering by throwing away a strangely shaped metal spheroid on a public street through a stranger's chest cavity.
That’s how the world works and always has to varying degrees. It’s just more obvious at the moment than it usually is.
Btw, “they get to rape kids and I just wanna go to the whorehouse” isn’t the BEST argument, but I guess you’re sorta aiming in the right direction.
what kind of littering was that extreme, if you were dumping chemical waste, or dangerous things, i can see that?
They say that it's who you blow.
That's a lot to swallow
It’s tough to face
Why aren’t they rioting?
Why don't you lead the way?
I don't disagree with what you're saying, but when you ask why people aren't revolting, you should realize that you're sitting at home behind your computer doing the exact same thing right now: a big fat nothing.
God damn I hate this bullshit argument.
People are looking for leadership in a time of crisis. Saying “well why don’t YOU do it instead of complaining” is just mind numbingly oblivious to how societal change actually works.
You build the movement, then you act. If you act too soon you’re just another revolutionary lined up against the wall and shot. Leadership is required to succeed and very few are capable of that level of leadership.
Edit: It basically comes across as an argument for the status quo which is disgusting to any rational, empathetic human being.
Act too late and you're lined up to be shot, act too soon and you're just a nut job
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Because more than half of voters didnt want him to be punished.
You know why. The powers that be places a lot of value on him, and nothing on you. If you are just a debt slave, you are insignificant to the matrix.
Even if you would be rich, you wont get into the club of leading the world unless you sold your soul as well.
Evil runs the world but thats the game here - will you let yourself become evil also, or will you be a hero and stay good despite the system?
When you steal a little they throw you in jail. When you steal everything they crown you king.
The word "privelege" literally translates as "private law," and it means the moneyed class has a different set of laws than you and I. And it's always been that way.
Because the kiddy rapers control the most powerful institutions on the planet. This isnt by accident.
I hesitate to ask but WTH is “cunny”?
You're right to hesitate. I've seen it in older novels (70s and 80s) as a euphemism for sex or a woman's genitalia (woman -> cunt -> cunny).
That flew right over my head but with that context should have been evident….duh. 🤓
Thanks!
He's rich and has used his money to gain power.
Most impressively the office of the president.
Shit answer but that's all it is.
It’s about power. Power means you can make other people do things. You can also get away with behaviors, others don’t. Money is power. Those with a lot of money have a lot of power.
Money enables you to buy off your victims directly or hire experts to take care of problems or tasks for you. That way you always stay one step removed.
Because the ideas of responsibility, accountability, integrity and honesty is a joke to all of them. They pretend to be scared of repercussions for their actions but once they're on the brink of doing yet another law-breaking action, they throw their arms up and do it without a care. It's because they can afford it, if not wealth, then just power.
Trump is also a murderer of negligence, 350k people died under his watch while fumbling a pandemic. So he's a murderer and a rapist.
Teflon Don, like Epstein, collected pictures of powerful people doing "embarrassing" things. Unlike Epstein he didn't use a private island, he used hotels that catered to people with power.
you represented yourself and were intransigent, thus the judge gave you a life sentence.
One word, classism.
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