tangeli

Yes, the sociopath, narcissist and billionaires have taken over. There is no more democracy. There is no more rule of law. They do what they want to accumulate more wealth and power and deprive, torture, terrorize and exterminate others as they please, because that’s what they like to do and there is no way to stop them. They have their cults of personality. They have their minions do the violent dirty work for them.

The only way to avoid it is an extremely broadly based rejection of the status quo and promotion of morality and respect for human rights and dignity. There is probably no way, at this point, to end the corruption peacefully. Possibly no way at all. The means of oppression and control are increasingly powerful.

It would suffice to stop giving them billions of dollars worth of weapons and a pass on the rule of law.

It is not true that nobody wants violence. There are far too many who want violence and who are given the means and liberty to inflict it on others, including kidnapping, torture, murder and even genocide. Not only historically, but currently and ongoing.

Selling personal data won’t stop until companies start getting fines that are a significant percentage of gross revenue and their executives start getting prison sentences for selling the data without explicit consent.