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Are greed and corruption defeatable?
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Barbara
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Nov 25, 2022 09:48AM
I think if greed and corruption always existed, they are always going to exist.
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It is not encouraging to me that a man entrusted with the safe disposal of our nation's nuclear waste is the kind of moral degenerate who steals luggage.Non-binary Biden nuclear official charged with stealing woman’s $2.3K luggage at airport
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Definitely not encouraging. There are some jobs where you really want integrity, and he doesn't look like he has much.
I really want integrity from people doing any job. But, as Barbara said, greed and corruption are always going to exist. I just want the corrupt to pay for what they do in exact proportion to the suffering they cause others. Sadly, it's a given in the modern world that the people with money don't do a lot of suffering for their crimes.
Maxine Waters praises FTX founder Bankman-Fried for 'candid' interviews after billions go missinghttps://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/...
Well he is getting what he paid for; with money that he stole from the people she is supposed to protect.
We could also consider corruption in FIFA
Well, I watched the video but didn't click on the link. So, what's the one minute miracle?
Scout wrote: "Well, I watched the video but didn't click on the link. So, what's the one minute miracle?"Wall Street acted on an official government report a full minute before the report was released. They must have been leaked the information from an insider, therefore insider trading which is still a crime.
I've been following some curious accusations about a connection between FTX and Disney. The theory is starting to grow some meat on them bones.https://youtube.com/watch?v=EpGDxv3U6...
What do y'all think?
Sam Bankman-Fried, of FTX infamy, will be housed at the same facility in which Epstein didn't kill himself. Place your bets, folks!
He's being housed in his parents' mansion, playing video games and eating Doritos. Harsh.
Tried to watch the video in message 64 but they were talking way too slow for my patience.
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A common tactic these days to shut up the opposition is to label them as racist. Math is racist, voting laws are racist, the pledge of allegiance is racist, statues of the founders of this country are racist, etc., etc.
About 5 years ago, Philadelphia initiated a tax on soft drinks, which raised the price of a 2 liter bottle of soda by $1. The reality is, many of the soft drink consumers were low income families because it was relatively cheap - cheaper than milk, premium fruit juice or even many bottled waters. There was a huge backlash at the time, and many of the region's media outlets were reporting that people who lived in the area were now crossing the bridge into NJ to buy soda, and decided that while they were there, they may as well do the bulk of their grocery shopping, which impacted the Philly area's groceries, delis and convenience stores.
Interesting. We had the same situ with soft drinks 🍹-previous government raised taxes, the new one will likely cancel them. Apart from impacting shopping habits, have they actually caused reduction in their consumption? It’s also similar to cigarettes, which are super expensive, while often a weaker population would be smoking 🚬 more. Wonder whether it’s the right approach
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We'll see if greed and corruption are defeatable if Biden is held accountable by the mainstream media for his greed and corruption, his connection to China and Ukraine via his son Hunter. It's funny that Democrats tried and failed by devious means to connect Trump to Russia, while Biden has real ties to bad actors.
Looks like at least a classified doc-s issue is on all mainstream media
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Greed and corrpution have not always occured in humans, according to Graham Hancock:''...if you go back to the Upper Neolithic, we find nearly no evidence of warfare, we find nearly no evidence of the greedy acquisition of material goods, rather living in harmony with Nature and living off the land but living as a community, as small communities...''
https://youtu.be/rjnrCyx38zg?t=44
((I have the above for instances like this.....))
Culture Citizen wrote: "''...if you go back to the Upper Neolithic, we find nearly no evidence of warfare, we find nearly no evidence of the greedy acquisition of material goods, rather living in harmony with Nature and living off the land but living as a community, as small communities...''..."Yes, I hear this quasi nostalgic sentiment from others too. As romantic and tranquil as it sounds the transition to this ideality won't be possible in terms of acute inequality and large number of violently bent individuals and "tribes"
I rather fancy that the tranquility of the upper neolithic was illusory. We have no evidence of warfare, but that is because we have very little evidence. If we go back to Neanderthal times we had small widely separated groups who would rarely see each other. There is evidence that the Homo Erectus lived in small groups and every now and again, maybe annually, would come together for "meet and greet", trade, and romance - to ensure there was a wider gene pool. If you are going to live like that with a very low population density there won't be warfare because you don't see anyone outside your immediate group.Nevertheless, we do not see Homo Erectus or Neanderthals now. There is a very good chance they were wiped out by our species, so let us not get too enamoured of the utopian life back then. If it was like the Maori in NZ prior to European settlement, life would have been short and often brutal.
I think ya all have such cynicism ya don wanna think it so. And you seem to put stock in mainstream research. But Gobekli Tepe, the flood lines around the Sphinx (and the structures underneath), and the Ark they found in 1985 (story with footage on 60 Minutes that year), having forged steel bits, each occuring over ten-thousand years ago, show the sham of the mainstream.Then, you might say, 'Well, see, mainstream researchers having such bias confirms our conclusions!'
It all shows how humans don't do well with Transaction. And hence, Transaction will go away.
I don't see how the existence of Gobekli Tepe and flood lines around the Sphinx show any sham. I have heard about both for quite some time. However, I really doubt anything made of forged steel bits occurred 10,000 years ago. Steel is difficult to make, and I am unaware of any evidence even for iron preceded the Hyksos.
Good job trying to make sense of nonsense, Ian.
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The more I read about the WEF, the more scary it sounds. Am I right to be worried?
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That took a turn.
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So that's a yes. Individual citizens only have the illusion of power.
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Difficult to deny the evidence. Literally asleep at the wheel :-)
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A modern day Leonardo Da Vinci like Hunter can afford jet over donkey travel, but maybe a high child support too
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Hunter is a wannabe and a disgrace, but how about someone who is actually important and part of government. I know we got used to Trump's children and spouses in the white House but as far as I know Biden's son plays no part except creating embarrassment - Let's take a moment to look at Supreme Court Judge Thomas.
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