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I’m in a white and homogenous area of the us. Cash does indeed rule every thing around me. There’s not a problem that can’t be solved with cash. Kill a few kids

I’m in a white and homogenous area of the us. Cash does indeed rule every thing around me. There’s not a problem that can’t be solved with cash. Kill a few kids drunk driving or shooting recklessly? Cash in the right pockets and the evidence will be inadmissible and the case goes kaput. Want some more privacy? Your neighbors might suddenly find the neighborhood inhospitable with cash in the right hands. Want your kid to start for a team or graduate? There’s palms out. Very few people are principled enough in this economy to refuse a bribe. If you want to remain principled I suggest you think through your price before you’re asked if $1,000, some blow, and a cheap lap dance is enough and you end doing more for free when you’re extorted. There’s a tendency for sheltered and privileged people to be aloof to the corruption all around them.

silisili 4y ago
I'm not sure how much the first line really matters, as I grew up in a rather diverse top 25 city, but yeah, experience was about the same. In high school, everyone knew exactly who to call if you got a DUI. 10k was the going price to get a certain lawyer who gets the case in front of a certain judge and however that worked, the charge was dropped to a moving violation. Kinda sick how the system works.
- cmurf 4y ago
  Justice in America isn't a right, it's a product you buy. Public versions should be non-existent or inferior. This is so that the best people get access to the best version of the product that money can buy. By definition in America, the best people are rich people. God rewarded them with money after all. Therefore they are closer to god and thus superior. Why be rich if you can't spend money buying things like justice, health care, education, and clean water? Yep, it's kinda sick but also kinda true.
  - Red_Leaves_Flyy 4y ago
    The French have a good response to the contagious mental illness that creates this mindset.
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    - cmurf 4y ago
      Ooh! Is it a machine? Does it make it effecient to remove the head from many people? claps maniacally
      - Red_Leaves_Flyy 4y ago
        There’s that, but their protests are what I was referring too.
- Red_Leaves_Flyy 4y ago
  The first line only matters to racist whites that assume only BIPOC are corrupt when data shows white wealthy people commit far more crime and more substantial crimes at that.

silisili 4y ago

I'm not sure how much the first line really matters, as I grew up in a rather diverse top 25 city, but yeah, experience was about the same. In high school, everyone knew exactly who to call if you got a DUI. 10k was the going price to get a certain lawyer who gets the case in front of a certain judge and however that worked, the charge was dropped to a moving violation. Kinda sick how the system works.

cmurf 4y ago
Justice in America isn't a right, it's a product you buy. Public versions should be non-existent or inferior. This is so that the best people get access to the best version of the product that money can buy. By definition in America, the best people are rich people. God rewarded them with money after all. Therefore they are closer to god and thus superior. Why be rich if you can't spend money buying things like justice, health care, education, and clean water? Yep, it's kinda sick but also kinda true.
- Red_Leaves_Flyy 4y ago
  The French have a good response to the contagious mental illness that creates this mindset.
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  - cmurf 4y ago
    Ooh! Is it a machine? Does it make it effecient to remove the head from many people? claps maniacally
    - Red_Leaves_Flyy 4y ago
      There’s that, but their protests are what I was referring too.
Red_Leaves_Flyy 4y ago
The first line only matters to racist whites that assume only BIPOC are corrupt when data shows white wealthy people commit far more crime and more substantial crimes at that.