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Fair is fair (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 weeks ago by cm0002@lemmings.world to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.ca

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[–] harmbugler@piefed.social 16 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Also, no way did they get it all legally.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

There seems to be a lot of "break the law, pay a fine, keep the profits" but maybe that's just what it feels like

[–] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

No there's definitely more to that than a feeling.

[–] redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 weeks ago

The Kennedys made it bootlegging during prohibition. The Drumpfs, now Trumps made it on small cons, upgrading to insurance and realestate fraud. And then there's Jeffrey Epstein.

[–] lauha@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

The question is not if they made it legally, but if they made it ethically. I'm willing to bet there is not a single billionaire who made their money ethically.

[–] ooli3@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread." Anatole France in The Red Lily(1894)

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 3 weeks ago

Sandwich

[–] justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io 1 points 3 weeks ago

Most of them make the laws after they get the power.