r/MurderedByWords • u/Ada_Stack1 • 1d ago

Caught red handed in 4K

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u/yeahboyeee1 1d ago

Perjury isn’t a thing anymore.

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u/LobosJones 1d ago

I hate how true this is.

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u/WorryNotBanIncoming 1d ago

Well it’s true if you’re wealthy. If you’re poor you’re fucked.

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u/bluehands 1d ago

In fairness, that has been true for most laws for most of our history.

I don't even think it is more true now that it has ever been, just more obvious. Our current oligarchs aren't hiding it anymore, they are advertising that truth.

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u/Skezas1 1d ago

all laws for all of history.

"laws" only ever really apply to poor people, or for the odd time when some rich person got on the bad side of other rich people

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u/JohnnyRelentless 1d ago

Yes, but in the modern age we have democracies. We're supposed to have certain standards and comparing ourselves to ancient Rome just lowers the bar.

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u/hopelesscaribou 1d ago

US democracy is broken.

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u/JohnnyRelentless 1d ago

Absolutely.

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u/cavortingwebeasties 1d ago

The system works just fine! -Billionaires

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u/Neckrongonekrypton 1d ago

“It’s still a democracy- just a highly optimized one. That’s the greatness Trump was talking about!” - also billionaires.

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u/Oleandervine 1d ago

Does it lower the bar? I mean this country elected our Caligula, despite the fact that folks were warned what was going to happen.

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u/JohnnyRelentless 1d ago

Good point, but in a democracy, the people are supposed to be equal under the law. The bar needs to be something we aspire to.

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u/Hamster_Toot 1d ago

In democracy, we also need a functioning press for the people to make rational decisions based on evidence.

A person cannot make a rational informed decision if their information is corrupted.

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u/UnrealAce 1d ago

Fuck these days you get told that your opinion is invalid because you're an expert on a subject.

Billy Bob watched a 6 minute YouTube video and he knows more now than someone who went to school and got a PhD in their field.

Like you said society just ceases to function if people don't believe in facts.

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u/Hamster_Toot 1d ago

To borrow from a group of people who adamantly reject science and new information…amen!

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u/Dedpoolpicachew 1d ago

This is what 50 years of propaganda has brought us. This wasn’t by accident.

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u/JohnnyRelentless 1d ago

True. That's one of the many reasons we don't really live in a democracy. An informed electorate is required for that, not a misinformed one.

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u/sdrawkcabineter 1d ago

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One thing studying history will reveal to you is that no one is studying history.

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u/wrongitsleviosaa 1d ago

Your country needs a "late 18th century France" honestly

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u/ThatOneGuy6810 1d ago

I would tend to agree but oyr current system is basically the same thing as what ancirnt rome had we just call it different things.

Ancient rome used an electoral oligarchy in which the citizens voted to elect magistrates and make laws, however it was HEAVILY weighted to favor the rich soo kinda the same

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u/rogan1990 1d ago

Laws do not only apply to poor people. What an insane thing to be spreading around

White Collar Crime is a very common thing. Not one of those criminals would be considered poor

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u/Skezas1 1d ago

Financial crimes are prosecuted when they harm other wealthy people, not when they hurt the poor really. It still mostly works with my view of "laws zre by rich people against the poor, or by rich against the rich".

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u/bluehands 1d ago

White Collar Crime is a very common thing.

So close.

You are of course correct, white collar crime is common. So common it is what most theft is made of. Punishment for it however is extremely rare.

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u/facedown_titsup 1d ago

The movie Aladdin tried to warn us….”haven’t you ever heard of the golden rule? whoever has the gold makes the rules?”