Rules for thee but not for me.
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When you steal a little they throw you in jail. When you steal everything they crown you king.
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.
Because more than half of voters didnt want him to be punished.
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).
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
And the legal system is often a country-club insider system where they protect their own.
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
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.
Where the hell do you get 20 years jail for littering?
If you break epa laws when it comes to dumping and emissions maybe
I suspect that might have been a very very slight eeny weeny tiny winy rhetorical exaggeration
That would make the news. I can't find that news.
It is part of the three strike rule that some US states have. Three felonies and life in jail.
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.
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
You're probably right, as that is the tendency of most people, to not have to go outside a comfort zone. It's also assuming that's true, and for all you know people who are stating this very thing might also be trying to do local action and failing because they're alone. So rather than put someone down for asking a valid question, we could explore why people aren't doing much of anything overall, and what can be done to change that outside of things getting far worse (which they will, as they have before).
i am with you. together we will do even bigger nothing!
True but at least I'm saying something. Most people are perfectly fine with the way things are.
Most people are perfectly fine with the way things are.
I don't think that's true, but I'm constantly disappointed in humanity and overestimating people's will to make things better, so who knows.
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.
It's pretty easy: is there conclusive evidence? Corollary: can you successfully eliminate conclusive evidence?
Five words: Je-su-it Or-der, of which he's a low-ranking member of.