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Re:Rules by Which a Great Empire May Be Reduced to a Small One by SwtCyber on Thursday August 07, 2025 @03:58AM (#44821801)
Makes you wonder if it's elite blindness or just the gravitational pull of power structures repeating themselves
Re:Rules by Which a Great Empire May Be Reduced to a Small One by burnt-resistor on Thursday August 07, 2025 @05:05AM (#44822253)
Because most people will silently endure abuse for far too long that teach billionaires, politicians, and celebrities that there are no boundaries. They can be pedophiles and pederasts, shoot people in the street, and lawlessly disband food aid organizations (killing 13M+) without consequences. (And receive more investment because they've wired their lairs for video and audio recording to collect Kompromat.)
Re:Rules by Which a Great Empire May Be Reduced to a Small One by pstuart on Thursday August 07, 2025 @11:17AM (#44825614)
It's all powered by hate, which itself is powered by ignorance and lack of critical reasoning skills.
Re:Rules by Which a Great Empire May Be Reduced to a Small One by burnt-resistor on Friday August 08, 2025 @06:35AM (#44835470)
Yep. It's the insulated, disconnected insouciance and unbounded selfishness that comes with a distinct lack of consideration, vulnerability, and theory of mind. To restore survival and decency, redistribution of wealth above $200 million needs to happen in all nations to put the morbidly rich on "GLP-1" and an incremental tax to prevent excessive wealth hoarding. Of course, this also requires the political coercion or overthrowing of corrupt regimes that won't allow fair, democratic elections.