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[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

donald trump gets 10 warnings for intimidating witnesses and indefinite trial postponement for hoarding and most likely leaking classified documents. Sweet sweet justice.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (3 children)

People keep trying to convince me it's not evidence of two justice systems.

 

But it is.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

It's evidence that we live in corporatocracies masquerading as "democracies". The 0.1%, shielded by the liability protections of the corporations they own, and their armies of lobbyists — they finance our politics, choose who ends up on the ballot, and shadow write most of our legislation, policies, and regulations.

Trump is free because he is a part of that < 0.1%.

The Boeing execs who oversaw systemic fraud, lied to the FAA, and murdered 166 people still ARE FREE AND RICH. Why? Because they are the 0.1%.

The IPCC hosts fossil fuelled climate summits in fossil fuel exporting countries, inviting fossil fuel corporations and lobbyists to attend — at a scientific conference about how to solve the crisis they created and profited from! why? Because we live in corporatocracies.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

The US is a kleptocracy, we're ruled by the people who have looted the public

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

If any country's government spied on its own people as much as big business does in America, people would flip out. But in America, big business really is the government.

We are so fucked..

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I think this is a consequence of any (unregulated) capitalistic system in general. The system is founded on money, more money will give anyone more influence and power over the system

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

It's a consequence of our "growth at all costs" take on capitalism. Capitalism is only livable for the average person when it's kept in check by a strong government and corruption is vigorously prosecuted. We've decided that corruption just happens and there's nothing we can do about it, and so there are no disincentives to corrupting government.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

This has nothing to do with an economic system. This same shit is worse even in communist systems, and I'm not even going to try and point fingers at that system and say it is.

The real reason is because of power, and a class system that protects its own.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Only struggle is the class struggle

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Correct, no clue why I pointed this out and got downvoted but you say the same thing and get people agreeing with you...guess I should have kept with the "capitalism bad" circle jerk.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

It's the subtle difference between a JUSTICE system and a LEGAL system.

One aims to maintain law and order in society in a fair and equal way regardless of one's status or situation.

The other is a system gamed to benefit the richest and wealthiest individuals to get away with everything.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

For the record, Aaron Swartz never actually went to trial, nor was he "sentenced" to anything.

Federal prosecutors came after him with overzealous charges in an effort to make him accept a plea deal (they do that a lot), which he rejected. It would have gone to court where the feds would have had to justify the charges they were bringing.

But that never happened because he killed himself.

We don't actually know how this all would have played out.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

The comment in OPs post is misleading but he did nevertheless kill himself because of the justice system trying to prosecute him for accessing science most likely funded by public money in the first place.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

And will never know, selfishly speaking, the possible extent of his further contributions to society. Died at 26 after an incredible life already.

Besides his life, what else did they steal from us?

RIP Aaron

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

donald tr*mp gets 10 warnings for intimidating witnesses and indefinite trial postponement for hoarding and most likely leaking classified documents. Sweet sweet justice.

Why are you censoring Donald Trump's name? Is it a swear word now in your country?

We're big girls here, we can take a little rude language, don't worry :)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I don’t know why but i just didn’t want to type that slur. It’s edited now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

There are lots of funny spellings:-).

One of the best imho is tRump, like Donald's Rump.

Or for those in the know, Drumpf.