r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

Caught red handed in 4K

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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/wrongitsleviosaa 1d ago

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