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Americans are slowly realizing they're living in a plutocracy (lemmy.ml)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/usa@lemmy.ml
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[–] 4 points 9 months ago (3 children)

It also prevents people like Donald Trump from simply arresting his political opponents, based on nothing more than an accusation of guilt.

tell that to the people who were/are in ice custody (especially the american citizens); trump & epstein have proven (again) that the oligarchy can simply operate outside the scope of the law whenever it suits them any such rights can be easily disregarded.

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  • [–] -4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    That isn't true. They can only operate outside the law, if they can keep their activities a secret. As soon as you shine a spotlight on them, they scurry like cockroaches.

    And nearly all the cases that are brought to court, result in rulings against the Trump administration. They keep trying to break the law, and in some cases they get away with it temporarily...but in the long run, they keep losing.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

    there's plenty of examples where it is true.

    the most recent one is the epstein illuminati broke many laws and only the sacrificial lambs will suffer any repercussions, if at all.

    a decades old one is that none of the police who bombed the black panthers were held accountable.

    both were illegal and both had the light of public scrutiny of it and none of the people committing those acts experienced repercussions.

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