our society demands perfection for everybody 'cept the rich

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nick007
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Yesterday, 2:16 am

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Yes the rules largely don't apply to the rich and powerful and never really have. After all, they make the rules, we follow.
I believe that authority figures & the rich & powerfull need to follow their own rules & set an example of what others under their power & influence should do. Do as I say but not as I do mentally majorly p!sses me off :evil:


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Yesterday, 2:52 am

nick007 wrote:
I believe that authority figures & the rich & powerfull need to follow their own rules & set an example of what others under their power & influence should do. Do as I say but not as I do mentally majorly p!sses me off :evil:


if they set an example then all of us would be courting organised crime, trading weapons with arms dealers, buying and selling (and using) drugs to pay for arms deals and having orgies at the end of the night with bottles of $500K champagne.



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Yesterday, 12:54 pm

nick007 wrote:
cyberdora wrote:
Yes the rules largely don't apply to the rich and powerful and never really have. After all, they make the rules, we follow.
I believe that authority figures & the rich & powerfull need to follow their own rules & set an example of what others under their power & influence should do. Do as I say but not as I do mentally majorly p!sses me off :evil:

Yep - so much for "with great power there must also come great responsibility." Spiderman may as well have been talking to a brick wall.
Still, it brought Boris Johnson down (Partygate).