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minus-squareOptionallink36•8 months ago“illegal” is something we made up for the poors, ducky! That’s not for us!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•8 months agoDemocracies hate this one simple trick… When lawmakers want to take a bribe, all they have to do is legalize it. Or, skip all that and go for the goal - convince executives and the courts it’s legal, because you did bribery with extra steps. It’s a totally new thing I just made up
Is not it like super illegal?
“illegal” is something we made up for the poors, ducky! That’s not for us!
Yep yep yep!
If you already have a lot of money, no.
The courts legalized bribery years back.
No it’s an “official presidential act”
Campaign donation loophole
Democracies hate this one simple trick…
When lawmakers want to take a bribe, all they have to do is legalize it. Or, skip all that and go for the goal - convince executives and the courts it’s legal, because you did bribery with extra steps. It’s a totally new thing I just made up
Hasn’t stopped him before.