• Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    There is nothing he could have done, no crime heinous enough, no evidence damning enough, that will cause our country’s legal system to put him in a cell.

    He’s white. He’s rich. He’s connected. He’s as corrupt as a CVS receipt is long. He’s above the law because the law exists to punish minorities for existing and no other reason.

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      11 months ago

      I mean, I’m not holding my breath on Trump being held to account for anything ever, but the whole reason we’re talking about this is because a rich, connected, corrupt white man went to jail and died there.

      • MostlyGibberish@lemm.ee
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        11 months ago

        Right, but he was (allegedly) killed by another rich, connected, corrupt person to stop him from taking anyone else down with him. Which adds another wrinkle to the whole thing. When you try to hold someone like that accountable, they kill you and get away with it.

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      11 months ago

      They’re making it so that the only way a normal person can even get a chance at a life is to burn the system down and start over.

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      11 months ago

      There’s also the problems of supreme court bias and that the Dems would see locking him up as the greatest sin of all - being uncivil and disturbing the status quo.

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      11 months ago

      and no other reason.

      I think you’re summarizing a bit here. I’m gonna need to see something other than anecdotes.