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[–] TwilightVulpine 92 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Our society is long overdue giving con men the ass kicking they deserve.

[–] AllonzeeLV 32 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Can we start with the con-men hurting/exploiting millions and threatening billions with their "externalities," capitalist Orwellian shorthand for "I already have your money, so my mess is your problem, you stupid fucking suckersπŸ–•πŸ€‘πŸ–•?"

Because these bottom feeders are just a symptom of the above's global sociocultural damage. They ruined some kid's afternoons (but when those grown kids are dying from capitalist made climate change induced Cat 6 superstorms, or hungry from the associated crop failures, or the scammers successfully lobby to catch yet another tax break out of the asses of those kid's education funding using their unlimited exploitation bucks, 🀷). It might be cathartic to kick their ass, but it's odd and inconsistent to the extreme considering how comfortable we are with our most prolific con-men being allowed to own, and keep!.. everything, every exploited, scammed dollar, instead of getting their ass kicked as you say.

[–] Rolando 11 points 9 months ago

I agree. We need a new saying that parallels "One death is a tragedy, one million deaths are a statistic."

[–] TwilightVulpine 2 points 9 months ago
[–] samus12345 21 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Back to the days of running the snake oil salesmen out of town tarred and feathered?