“People with virtue have a difficult time understanding the dark world of the plutocrats.”
I don’t, and most people don’t. We understand how criminal they can be and that is why we have laws against their acts. They aren’t fooling anyone but the stupid and the gullible.
We just know not to follow them as some sort of positive role model.
... we have laws against their acts.
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Laws need to be enforced. The lawmakers are corrupted. The law enforcers are corrupted. The law interpreters are corrupted.
The average person sees the above and figures they don’t need to respect the law, they just need to have enough juice or luck or leverage to not be beholden to it. They dedicate themselves to the Great Loophole(s).
The sly fox sets up a den inside the chicken run and harvests just enough eggs and chicks over time to feed themselves and raise a few generations of fox. The farmer doesn’t notice and neither do the chickens, until, one day, there are more fox than chickens and suddenly....overnight, for no known reason... all the chickens are gone.
Meanwhile, the farmer decides to raise hogs, because obviously, there is no percentage in raising chickens.
The plutocrats bought the world. They consolidated their holdings, hired or purchased the essential minions, and now, they are clearing out the vermin prior to taking full ownership.
The smart and the savvy are working for the plutocrats. The rest of us are being dispossessed. For some reason, the owners of the world seem committed to following the letter of the law, while subverting its essence.
It seems to be working for them.