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ppitm t1_j91etal wrote

Reply to comment by Nutatree in Despite 'dirty rain,' DEP says Maine will likely not be affected by Ohio train disaster by DrMcMeow

> Typical of government officials to not simply place a lawsuit against the oligarchs so as to not diminish their wealth 2% .

The railroad is boned. They will be paying for this for a long time.

It takes a long time but you don't want to mess with the government when it has public outrage behind it. Just ask bankrupt Purdue Pharma.

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IamSauerKraut t1_j91q4mv wrote

There are already 6 lawsuits. This is not going away for NS for some time.

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Nutatree t1_j91hy28 wrote

Why do you bring an example that's so easy to knock down?

One Google search and boom.. Knoa Pharma to buy Purdue pharma.. (Whenever this happens it is just a PR recycling and a "hard" rebranding or asset distributing; all parties win specially lawyers)

.. Sacklers have never faced criminal charges.. something something public backlash.. (Gimme a break)

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ppitm t1_j91j07s wrote

Why did you just move the goalposts so hard?

First you complain that the government won't even sue to take 2% of the corporation's wealth.

Now suddenly bankruptcy (all the wealth) and multi-billion dollar fines aren't good enough, only criminal charges are.

So the first thing you said was dumb. Simple as.

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Nutatree t1_j91jjty wrote

Yeah i guess so. I'm happy with bringing back the guillotines. Not sure if we'll agree there but it does sound like a solution.

Like still have due process, but end in guillotines.

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mymaineaccount46 t1_j929et5 wrote

The French guillotine time was not actually good. The reign of terror was frankly horrific.

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Nutatree t1_j92ht6q wrote

Yup. That's how the elite stays elite.

They paint history with a certain brush: create narratives, distractions, rumors, wars, colors, lines; pointing of fingers, "You thought the problem was X, enter scenario Y"

My favorite lately is that of "my body my choice" advocacy from the "right", followed by Court's card flip to return rights to the states. Which then followed "my body my choice" from the left.

(Apologies in advance to sensitive audience) I'm a bot.

And lately what has worked is simply call anyone that disagrees a conspiracy theorist.

And yeah, that person will always be a conspiracy theorist, because conspiracy factists end up dead.

You don't believe me today, and that's ok. Noodle it yourself, or better yet stay ignorant.

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mymaineaccount46 t1_j92l0ce wrote

> They paint history with a certain brush: create narratives, distractions, rumors, wars, colors, lines; pointing of fingers, "You thought the problem was X, enter scenario Y"

I don't think you know much about the reign of terror if that's your take away. There were loads of coups, counter coups, purges etc. It isn't a false narrative by the elite to say the French experience with The Guillotine was not good. Many of those who met their fate were executed with no trial on BS charges.

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