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Father and son incinerated after ‘self-driving’ Tesla suddenly slammed into tree
(www.independent.co.uk)
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...I honestly don't think rich people feel incredible shame by being referred to as the Epstein class. They don't care.
They still do to an extent but as their power and influence gains they are able to take more of the mask off. But that mask is only coming off for people like you and me. Its an inverse relationship to that of the uninformed or distracted masses. They are, in reality, better able to control what is seen and not seen by the masses too impoverished or overworked to see past the mask they have built.
They DO care what people think because that gives them power and control. They just only care to the extent that that power and control is maintained.
If they didn't care what people thought they wouldn't spend billions to buy platforms like Twitter or to further consolidate the media we consume into what has essentially become a fascist state media of two different flavors.
Don't think that because they are convincing the public that pedophiles and war criminals are not actually pedophiles and war criminals that they "don't care what you think". They do. They just have enough power and influence to make the public misinformed or (for you and me) informed but in a state of hopelessness.
Their power comes from keeping the public misinformed, distracted, or feeling hopeless. They care what you think because what you think keeps you in one of those inactive states.
Parenti is someone to read or listen to.
https://youtu.be/-4TunaXwprQ