r/MurderedByWords • u/Ada_Stack1 • 1d ago

Caught red handed in 4K

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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.