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Re:China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes by verdverm on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @01:59PM (#48821263)
Europe is prosecuting the Epstein Pedos. Trump is protecting his friends

Corruption is everywhere and varies in degree. The US likes to claim a mantle of superiority when it seems quite the opposite. We have a bully/greatest conman ever in the white house

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Re:China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes by lostlogin on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @02:25PM (#48821596)
> Europe is prosecuting the Epstein Pedos.

Are they?

Price Andrew got a name change, but hasn’t had any real penalty to date. He had the Queen protecting him. Mandelson probably will end up in court but it won’t be for anything related to child abuse.

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Re:China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes by ceejayoz on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @02:36PM (#48821743)
> Price Andrew got a name change, but hasn’t had any real penalty to date.

For the British Royals, I suspect becoming persona non grata is more impactful than a jail sentence.

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Re:China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes by batch12 on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @02:47PM (#48821889)
More impactful than prison? Nah. Why not both?
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Re:China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes by ceejayoz on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @02:50PM (#48821938)
> More impactful than prison?

Class-based systems get pretty weird at the top.

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Re:China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes by lostlogin on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @06:08PM (#48824633)
Yes, but also, for Andrew to have behaved this way, a lot more people than him had to be involved. It appears they get no sanction.
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