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[–] ConcreteHalloween@hexbear.net 45 points 21 hours ago (5 children)

I'm honestly sometimes surprised the elite even bother hiding their pedophilia. Trump could probably hold a press conference where he admitted to abusing kids with Epstein and I doubt it'd cost him even a 100 supporters. Why hasn't the US government just passed a bill that lowers the age of consent to 10 years old for anyone with a net worth over $100 million?

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 4 points 4 hours ago

They get away with it because of the people who either believe the lies or choose to along with the lies. I don't think this would continue to work for long if they were actually honest about it.

[–] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 25 points 17 hours ago

They need to play the "good cop, bad cop" routine. If the working class understood that every single member of the bourgeoisie is completely reprehensible, then they might develop class consciousness. But if enough of them pretend to have a soul then they can get the working class to fight amongst ourselves instead.

[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 34 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

Why hasn't the US government just passed a bill that lowers the age of consent to 10 years old for anyone with a net worth over $100 million?

Would be redundant

[–] ConcreteHalloween@hexbear.net 16 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah but then they wouldn't have to bother with assassinating a guy in a NYC jail.

[–] jack@hexbear.net 2 points 42 minutes ago

They didn't assassinate him because of the law, they did it to maintain the lie

[–] Hestia@hexbear.net 8 points 17 hours ago

Poor Republicans see themselves as temporarily embarrassed ~~millionaires~~ pedophiles

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 24 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Laws already don't apply to anyone with a net worth that high, and ethics didn't even play a role in getting there.

[–] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 4 points 14 hours ago

That still leaves a problem of getting consent.