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[–] Rookwood 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Justice system, electoral system, media, technology, military, police, food, etc. etc. All owned by them. It's going to have to get very very bad before anything changes.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Viking_Hippie 4 points 3 months ago

As if the law generally binds the rich or protects the poor.. The Frank Wilhoit quote about conservatism applies to rich people and their control of society just as much as it applies to conservatism:

Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition ... There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.