Anonymous wrote:The sweeping generalizations are derailing this thread and causing infighting which is not productive here.
This is not a Dem vs GOP issue
It's not a coast vs midwest issue
It's not us vs them
Not all billionaires are completely immoral
Not all the folks mentioned in the files are pedos or rapists
There's no reason this whole thing shouldn't be public and transparent.
It is beyond depressing and infuriating that there are so many people in this world who don't value another person's life and dignity, especially those of children. It's not a few bad apples but a huge swath of depravity.
Don't fight each other here - we are all angry and shocked - focus that energy on the criminals: the those abusing their power and those abusing children.
But every billionaire could be if they wanted to be, and they’d get away with it, too. Because apparently the only thing stopping the ultra wealthy/powerful from hurting people, including committing crimes, is their own self-regulation.
Do you want entire class of people who can do whatever they want to whomever they want, and be protected? A class of people who are — to borrow a term from earlier this century — “too big to fail?” If not, we must consider the problem of billionaires writ large.