And reduce your water usage because it's a drought. While we grow water heavy crops like almonds in those drought stricken regions and foreign investors from arid countries grow water heavy crops like alfalfa solely for export back home.

Even the next part:

world’s richest man does a Nazi salute at a political rally,

Don't get me wrong, horrible and completely unacceptable.

But sure as shit is nowhere near the line of what's happened with the last 100 years:

The Business Plot, also called the Wall Street Putsch[1] and the White House Putsch, was a political conspiracy in 1933 in the United States to overthrow the government of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and install Smedley Butler as dictator.[2][3] Butler, a retired Marine Corps major general, testified under oath that wealthy businessmen were plotting to create a fascist veterans' organization with him as its leader and use it in a coup d'état to overthrow Roosevelt. In 1934, Butler testified under oath before the United States House of Representatives Special Committee on Un-American Activities (the "McCormack–Dickstein Committee") on these revelations.[4] Although no one was prosecuted, the congressional committee final report said, "there is no question that these attempts were discussed, were planned, and might have been placed in execution when and if the financial backers deemed it expedient."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Plot

In case anyone's eyes glazed over instead of reading, two key points:

wealthy businessmen were plotting to create a fascist veterans' organization with him as its leader and use it in a coup d'état to overthrow Roosevelt.

And even more importantly:

Although no one was prosecuted, the congressional committee final report said, "there is no question that these attempts were discussed, were planned, and might have been placed in execution when and if the financial backers deemed it expedient."

Shit didn't just get bad, it's been bad.

And the way to fight it is an opposition party like FDR.

Actually over 2 decades, now. Epstein's plea deal was in 2008 under Bush.

Given this past decade, I'd say I we've known about it for the worst part of the decade.

Reminds me of something. Martin Luther’s own writings dating from 1531, in which he stated that Pope Leo X:

Vetoed a measure that cardinals should restrict the number of boys they kept for their pleasure, otherwise it would have been spread throughout the world how openly and shamelessly the Pope and the cardinals in Rome practice sodomy.

Our tech changes but we don't.

"Only those who do not seek power are qualified to hold it." Plato knew what was up.

it's easier to get ahead with a weaker skillset if you're ok with fucking over someone else to get there.

angry clowns

We are stuck in a surreal angry clowns horror movie.

By morality you mean our collective fork and knife?

No one suggested that we need to do worse than the billionaires.

Considering the idea of shame is society's way to enforce it's version of morality, I would argue no it is not a distinction.

For me it's the empathy of knowing that that person won't have enough money because I know they don't get a living wage.

Not OP, but both.

I feel guilty because I’m conflicted about what the right thing to do is, the cost, and care about fellow workers.

You probably understand why I would have a moral question (alongside some guilt of doing the wrong thing) after reading through the entire thread engaging your comment.

Meanwhile Epstein, Elon, and Trump don’t seem to have these hang-up’s and are rewarded handsomely by society…

One of the best distinctions!

Epstein prosecutions started in 2006. https://apnews.com/article/trump-epstein-investigation-records-timeline-545c371ee3dd3142355a26d27829c188

Trump wouldn't act that guilty if it was.

You know I didn't really think about that.

I know of the connection between Maxwell and Mossad.

Obviously Mossad needs a way to influence billionaires more than just money. The AIPAC (or whatever) has no real ability to sway them.

The sudden acceptance by western countries acknowledging Gaza a state? Could be that Mossad and AIPAC lost their influence.

The billionaires want Maxwell free because she gets them things they cant normally buy, plus other kickbacks from Israel I presume.

I don't think it's blackmailing the billionaires, it's just out right not giving them what they want.

Her father’s funeral was attended by multiple former Mossad chiefs. It’s believed he gave israel the bomb.

I’d definitely look in that direction.

They have no morals, which is why they can grab power so easily. They're not playing by the rules. Thus to win consistently, you'd need to cheat as well.

Then you're left with two options. Cheat to win too, or rolling heads.

The hierarchy is natural and good and all ills are due to someone violating the hierarchy.

Therefore, laws are only useful when they support the hierarchy.

Any efforts to make society less hierarchical and more equitable are either (a) lies in an attempt to climb the hierarchy (b) doomed to failure and disastrous to the participants because it's against the (natural and good) hierarchy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agzNANfNlTs&list=PLJA_jUddXvY7v0VkYRbANnTnzkA_HMFtQ&index=11

EDIT: The above is meant as a satire of the conservative thought process, and does not reflect my beliefs (most of the time).

Dual Power means you can have a pacifist stance and still support the radicals in your lane.

Not everyone needs to be a gunslinger for a resistance to succeed. Just do what you can when you have the chance.

…preferable with rusty pliers