Comments by "filonin2" (@filonin2) on "Flint Poisons Citizens... Then Forgets Them" video.

  1. You're describing an oligarchy or kleptocracy.
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  2. CerBoris The same can be so for an oligarchy. We have fascism being imposed upon us by a small group of people, not a particular dictator like Stalin or Hitler. We're more like modern China. A study by Princeton and Northwestern University found that we are an oligarchy now: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/21/americas-oligarchy-not-democracy-or-republic-unive/
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  3. CerBoris Why do you think oligarchs must abide by the law? They came up with the afluenza defense in China first. In China, if you injure someone in a traffic accident, you have to pay for the medical bills for life. If you kill them, you only have to pay for their funeral. This has led the common practice of rich oligarchs to repeatedly run over the poor if they hit them to ensure they are dead. This rich bastard in a Maybach even ran over a child's head slowly to make sure he was dead, with his driver door open so he could watch. Who, exactly, makes oligarchs follow the law? Your alfuenza example is exactly our oligarchy being above the law. The oligarchy is almost always above the law. Look at Russia as well, rich people simply bribe the police to avoid court.
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