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The people that would prosecute and judge are also part of the scheme. Accountability is just something to teach the poor kids in public schools--who aren't the

The people that would prosecute and judge are also part of the scheme. Accountability is just something to teach the poor kids in public schools--who aren't the offspring of the corrupt ruling class--so they behave. Fortunately the ruling class knows to keep us anesthetized and distracted just enough to prevent real change and protect themselves.

djbusby 5y ago
Panem et circenses https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_circuses https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_circuses
- SavantIdiot 5y ago
  Brilliant. Funnysad that this still works nearly two thousand years later.
mistrial9 5y ago
class provocations are misplaced -- the business process cuts people out every day, its not about where you went to school. I object to this class-based commentary because it is a giant distraction from applying solutions
- nerdponx 5y ago
  Disregarding the real and legitimate effect of class and background is just as bad as fixating on it too much.
- crtfvgybh 5y ago
  I think the idea of class as the parent used it is less upper vs middle class (in the sense of folks who can afford Yale vs folks who can't afford college), but rather the capital class vs the working class. Do you have a boss? You are a worker, and even if you are making $500k a year you have more in common with other workers than you do with folks who make their money from having money.
- SavantIdiot 5y ago
  Why can I not criticize the US class system and apply solutions? There are plenty of problems to go around, and to assume for me that my statement as an either/or fallacy is disingenuous. However, given my experience of 50+ years on earth, or just even 5 years of looking at who gets killed for selling a loose cigarette, or who gets shot for complying with a police stop, and who gets to walk for raping an unconscious woman, and who gets millions of taxpayer dollars in PACs for inciting a coup, I think the news speaks for itself about class vs. justice in the US. In this context, it appears you are obfuscating to protect the corrupt.

djbusby 5y ago

Panem et circenses https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_circuses https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_circuses

SavantIdiot 5y ago
Brilliant. Funnysad that this still works nearly two thousand years later.

mistrial9 5y ago

class provocations are misplaced -- the business process cuts people out every day, its not about where you went to school. I object to this class-based commentary because it is a giant distraction from applying solutions

nerdponx 5y ago
Disregarding the real and legitimate effect of class and background is just as bad as fixating on it too much.
crtfvgybh 5y ago
I think the idea of class as the parent used it is less upper vs middle class (in the sense of folks who can afford Yale vs folks who can't afford college), but rather the capital class vs the working class. Do you have a boss? You are a worker, and even if you are making $500k a year you have more in common with other workers than you do with folks who make their money from having money.
SavantIdiot 5y ago
Why can I not criticize the US class system and apply solutions? There are plenty of problems to go around, and to assume for me that my statement as an either/or fallacy is disingenuous. However, given my experience of 50+ years on earth, or just even 5 years of looking at who gets killed for selling a loose cigarette, or who gets shot for complying with a police stop, and who gets to walk for raping an unconscious woman, and who gets millions of taxpayer dollars in PACs for inciting a coup, I think the news speaks for itself about class vs. justice in the US. In this context, it appears you are obfuscating to protect the corrupt.