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An echo of that earlier outrage followed the revelations of the #EpsteinFiles, though this round has so far been diverted into mutual partisan recrimination, more than the focus on institutional changes that characterized those earlier movements.
This is not to say that the rich & powerful are never held to account. #BobMenendez is one counterexample, & #Epstein himself was a #billionaire who died in a jail cell, after all.
But #Epstein’s #crimes were taken seriously by authorities only after the #journalist #JulieBrown uncovered the extent of his crimes & the lenient response from law enforcement over decades.
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But #Epstein’s #crimes were taken seriously by authorities only after the #journalist #JulieBrown uncovered the extent of his crimes & the lenient response from law enforcement over decades.
Unfortunately, many Americans who might have been outraged at this edifice of #impunity have instead directed their resentment toward the #poor & #weak, supporting a cruel & unforgiving system of #criminal “justice” that harshly punishes those at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder while exempting many at the top from any #accountability at all.
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Unfortunately, many Americans who might have been outraged at this edifice of #impunity have instead directed their resentment toward the #poor & #weak, supporting a cruel & unforgiving system of #criminal “justice” that harshly punishes those at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder while exempting many at the top from any #accountability at all.
So you did a few death-squad massacres or wedding bombings? Well, that was what America’s leaders had to do to fight communism & terrorism. You can even take a sack of cash from an undercover FBI agent if you’re the #Trump #immigration czar #TomHoman. But if you overstayed your #visa or got an #abortion, you deserve to have the book thrown at you.
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So you did a few death-squad massacres or wedding bombings? Well, that was what America’s leaders had to do to fight communism & terrorism. You can even take a sack of cash from an undercover FBI agent if you’re the #Trump #immigration czar #TomHoman. But if you overstayed your #visa or got an #abortion, you deserve to have the book thrown at you.
#Trump himself can be seen as benefiting from a backlash against #accountability in the last place powerful people in America seem to face it∶ the court of public opinion. Trump, & other powerful figures, made the public an offer∶ Let us get away with what we want to do, & you will too.
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#Trump himself can be seen as benefiting from a backlash against #accountability in the last place powerful people in America seem to face it∶ the court of public opinion. Trump, & other powerful figures, made the public an offer∶ Let us get away with what we want to do, & you will too.
“They voted for #impunity for themselves & #authoritarian #brutality directed at everyone they hated. Lesbian feminist bitches, dirty job-stealing immigrants, evil perverted trannies, on & on & on,” Katherine Alejandra Cross writes of Trump’s implicit bargain in *Liberal Currents*. “The brutality of #StateViolence was supposed to only ever be directed at their ideological foes. And in exchange, the #Trump voter would never again have to live with the mortifying ordeal of #responsibility.”
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“They voted for #impunity for themselves & #authoritarian #brutality directed at everyone they hated. Lesbian feminist bitches, dirty job-stealing immigrants, evil perverted trannies, on & on & on,” Katherine Alejandra Cross writes of Trump’s implicit bargain in *Liberal Currents*. “The brutality of #StateViolence was supposed to only ever be directed at their ideological foes. And in exchange, the #Trump voter would never again have to live with the mortifying ordeal of #responsibility.”
#MAGA also offered an implicit bargain∶ Not only can you be a #bigot toward whatever group makes you mad by existing, but everyone will have to love & respect you anyway. This was an impossible promise to keep—not even #Trump has managed to bully comedians mocking him into silence—but politicians make impossible promises all the time. Many Americans are simply content to live vicariously through Trump’s #impunity, even if they cannot share it.
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#MAGA also offered an implicit bargain∶ Not only can you be a #bigot toward whatever group makes you mad by existing, but everyone will have to love & respect you anyway. This was an impossible promise to keep—not even #Trump has managed to bully comedians mocking him into silence—but politicians make impossible promises all the time. Many Americans are simply content to live vicariously through Trump’s #impunity, even if they cannot share it.
…The answer to why powerful people in some other parts of the world face consequences, while in the #US they rarely do, is that #elite #impunity is now an American national project. We might need to reframe “American exceptionalism.” Instead of a New Deal, we have a Great Society for #WhiteCollar #crime, a New Frontier of executive lawbreaking, a No Rich Crook Left Behind. Most of us probably don’t even realize it.
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…The answer to why powerful people in some other parts of the world face consequences, while in the #US they rarely do, is that #elite #impunity is now an American national project. We might need to reframe “American exceptionalism.” Instead of a New Deal, we have a Great Society for #WhiteCollar #crime, a New Frontier of executive lawbreaking, a No Rich Crook Left Behind. Most of us probably don’t even realize it.
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@Nonilex Excellent thread. Wish I read it *after* lunch though.
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“They voted for #impunity for themselves & #authoritarian #brutality directed at everyone they hated. Lesbian feminist bitches, dirty job-stealing immigrants, evil perverted trannies, on & on & on,” Katherine Alejandra Cross writes of Trump’s implicit bargain in *Liberal Currents*. “The brutality of #StateViolence was supposed to only ever be directed at their ideological foes. And in exchange, the #Trump voter would never again have to live with the mortifying ordeal of #responsibility.”
@Nonilex they would rather fight than think. The existence of people different from them, and of ideas that challenge what they already believe, make them think, so they choose to fight against those people and ideas instead.
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But #Epstein’s #crimes were taken seriously by authorities only after the #journalist #JulieBrown uncovered the extent of his crimes & the lenient response from law enforcement over decades.
They should have given Julie Brown what was in those storage lockers. DOJ will just hide it or destroy it. No one knows what it is in it. In fact, shouldn't Epstein's estate have gotten it first?
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