• Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip
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    5 hours ago

    With any luck Elon with be in jail in a few years when Democrats try to prove we shouldn’t abandon this socioeconomic system entirely.

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      2 hours ago

      That would require a backbone not seen in democrats in generations. I’d bet money on him being a free man and never seeing the inside of a cell.

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      4 hours ago

      That will never, ever, ever happen. Dems love an oligarch just as much, if not more, than republicans. China is the only country that prosecutes wealthy criminals.

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        4 hours ago

        Well, then I hope you guys are ready for a revolution unless you’re fine with a Blade Runner esc hellscape.

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        4 hours ago

        China is the only country that prosecutes wealthy criminals.

        Unfortunately they also lockup anyone they just kind of don’t like for any arbitrary reason.

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          3 hours ago

          I was pointing out a difference in the way America does things. If I started listing things both have in common, the list would literally never end. Besides, the similarity is surface-level. China’s economy isn’t propped up by for-profit prisons

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            3 hours ago

            Oh I agree, the US has taken a giant step toward the exact same fascist approach to government in the last few years