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[–] jpreston2005 38 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The defendants in that case were acquitted because the income of money from illicit sources could not be determined, according to a court statement.

Sounds like the judge did their level best to find some random way to weasel out of doing their job. "Oh, wait, you can't prove definitively that every single penny of the laundered money was from illegal sources? Guess that means everyone is innocent!"

It can't just be me and my perspective. The world is just legitimately getting worse, in almost every respect. WTF.

[–] 5gruel -4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The world is getting better in the long run by almost every metric, don't get sucked into the doomer mentality.

Still fucked up ruling though.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Bro we're about to kill the whole fucking planet and America just legalized political assassination.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There's less people living in poverty today than ever before. We all carry around super computers that connect us with our loved ones at all times and contain all of human knowledge. If you're over 5'8 and weigh more than 145 pounds then you're physically better off than the average US soldier during WW2. Diseases that used to kill millions every year are now close to eradication.

Don't mistake your increased awareness of global issues as things getting worse. This is the best time in human history to be alive. Anyone telling you different is looking at a very specific aspect of the past with rose tinted glasses.

[–] krazzyk 1 points 2 days ago

Without doing any fact checking myself, I've heard this many times before, and I'm sure the stats are there to back it up, but it sure feels like the world is going to shit...

Don't think you deserved to be downvoted for stating facts though.