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    What if we just imprisoned all pedophiles, took their entire estates as public funds, and made them do hard labor until they died? 🤔

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      I’m generally against slavery as a punishment. The only time I’m okay with compelled labor is if it’s undoing something they did. I guess we could see how long it takes Trump and co to repair the reflecting pool

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      You mean, let them live a normal life in the system they created?

      Since they are soooo much better than the rest of us plebs, they’ll be doing just fine!

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          It never works. When I was younger we could read about revolution and see whole families or groups killed viciously from the Romans, Russians, Greeks Cuba etc.

          I always used to think oh couldn’t they have just sent them away. Let them at least live. It makes so much sense now. The problem wasn’t with the revolutionaries the problem was those whose entitlement has spiralled to delusion. They are always going to be a threat.

          Of course the most obvious, retribution. It’s needed and is a sign of reset.

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          Which is what i suggested. Compared to the average billionaire, as a normal person, you might as well be a slave ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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    They are treated like they are some kind of superior humans. Not like fallible fat greedy people picked to represent you…which they are (not the representation but)

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    This isn’t a Republican thing.

    It’s a federal government thing. Congress, SCOTUS, the President and anyone in their sphere are largely insulated from any accountability for corruption. Hell, they can insider trade and loan their campaigns cash at 20%, then pay themselves back with your campaign contributions, and it’s not even considered unethical, much less illegal.

    I wish it was just a Republican thing, but Democrats like free money too, and their deliberate choice not to ban these practices when they’re in power (and they’ve had plenty of power over the last two decades to end them) demonstrates their complicity.

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    Just grovel republican presidents in public and you have good odds at making it out of prison dinner then expected.

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    a couple reasons, they are being charged/accused with SA/SEX CRIMES, prostiution of adults or minors, epstein files the most obvious one. pivot to the gop because of thier past sex life being sex pest or rapist.