• TrackenDaKracken@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    If it can be done, they will do it. Power is unconstrained by ethics, empathy, or morality. Never assume that anyone in power shares these traits with the rest of us, they do not.

    The only thing that constrains power is enforced laws with teeth.

    • Sabata@ani.social
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      8 days ago

      In America, we don’t enforce the law on those rich enough to pay congress.