• some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    2 months ago

    In a perfect world, this would happen. In reality, nope. But let’s enjoy the fantasy, for a few minutes, of wealthy shitheads having consequences.

    The fantasy could be a reality if we collectively agreed that we demanded it.

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      2 months ago

      The French did something about it, a few hundred years ago. Just saying.

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        2 months ago

        We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.

        Ursula K. Le Guin

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      2 months ago

      Yeah, people are acting like this is up to chance - rich people throw money at their problems, and so long as someone is willing to spend their time catching it instead of doing their job, it works. It’s going to work. The 5 year sentence is for poor people they want to get rid of, not for rich people they want to profit from.