• makyo@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    I think the powers that be underestimate our thirst for justice. This is the closest thing to justice for the rich we’ve seen in - maybe our lives?

    I don’t want to live in a world of vigilante justice but this kind of thing is inevitable when the system fails us for as long as it has.

    • Guilherme@lemm.ee
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      3 days ago

      As a Brazilian living in Rio de Janeiro (golden handcuff effect), I highly agree. My country sucessfully improved human rights but as a collateral effect, gov’t refuses to build more jails so jail overcrowding resulted in de facto decriminalization of theft, and police releasing criminals just a pair of hours they get caught - and nowadays cops can’t even slap a scumbag in the face because our more important TV channel witch-hunts anyone who does anything that remotely resembles a potentially mild human rights violantion without even making questions to the parts involved, so we who live in the part of the city controlled by the government sometimes try to bring some vigilante justice… out of despair!

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      7 days ago

      This is the closest thing to justice for the rich we’ve seen in - maybe our lives?

      That submarine popping.

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        7 days ago

        Karmic justice sure - aside from the kid who got roped into taking that voyage by his dad. Billionaires hubris treats the world as their plaything, and find out that nature doesn’t care about your net worth