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[–] [email protected] 130 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 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] 49 points 6 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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] 8 points 6 months ago

But no one would really “flip out” because none one could really do anything about it.

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

Good thing guillotines don't care about wealth, only the size of your neck.

We'll just have to make the hole slightly larger to fit fatter necks.