Steve Ballmer was busted. (But only because he broke the rules the other billionaires made.)
It took eight years, during several of which the facts of the case were known but Ballmer was treated as a victim of slander rather than a man guilty of massive fraud.
We just need to start eating some billionaires.
Figuratively or literally. But a one year suspension from slapping cheeks in the Congressional locker room and a sternly worded letter from the FEC isn’t going to cut it.
The notion that you can just put up a sign that says “Tipping your elected representatives is against the rules” and leave it at that is a fantasy. And the notion that anyone from Kash Patel to James Comey is actually going after the rich and powerful is even more of a fantasy.
“Ah, but if the OWS movement had just People’s Mic’d the correct words, elections would work properly by now” is just magical thinking. It isn’t materialistic. You’re not looking at the networks of social influence or the feedback loops of wealth aggregation that have produced people like Trump, Thiel, Dimon, and Epstein.
It took eight years, during several of which the facts of the case were known but Ballmer was treated as a victim of slander rather than a man guilty of massive fraud.
Figuratively or literally. But a one year suspension from slapping cheeks in the Congressional locker room and a sternly worded letter from the FEC isn’t going to cut it.
The notion that you can just put up a sign that says “Tipping your elected representatives is against the rules” and leave it at that is a fantasy. And the notion that anyone from Kash Patel to James Comey is actually going after the rich and powerful is even more of a fantasy.
“Ah, but if the OWS movement had just People’s Mic’d the correct words, elections would work properly by now” is just magical thinking. It isn’t materialistic. You’re not looking at the networks of social influence or the feedback loops of wealth aggregation that have produced people like Trump, Thiel, Dimon, and Epstein.
Oh here we go, another “expert” who has it figured out.
You are needlessly making this sound so much more complicated than it is.
But I’m done, I was agreeing with you and trying to de-escalate and you are still condescending and pedantic.
How’s that working out for you?
Oh here we go, another simpleton who refuses to learn about the complexity of political systems.
Just because you don’t understand it doesn’t mean they are overcomplicating things. It just means you’re ignorant.
Ooh, burn.
Feel better now?