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[–] 7 points 1 month ago (1 child)

And an absurd amount of power.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago

    An absurd amount of un-elected power.

    He bought his way in. Just with money...not skill, or knowledge, or training, or experience. Just dirty old money.

    That always makes me wonder how many decimals I need in MY bank account to do WHATEVER I want. Even if it's illegal.

    When PLUNDER becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that AUTHORIZES it and a moral code that GLORIFIES it.

    -Frederic Bastiat- (French 1801-1850)

    In a rich man’s house, there is no place to spit but in his face.

    -Diogenes of Sinope- (403 – c. 324 BCE)

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