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[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

Profits for me, fines for thee.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 12 points 5 hours ago

"Let's see...oh...sorry, but all of the officials in this area have already been paid off."

[–] zebidiah@lemmy.ca 13 points 6 hours ago

People elect clowns and then act surprised when they get a pie in the face....

[–] oh_@lemmy.world 27 points 7 hours ago

Stole. The correct word is stole. Nice to know the officials got the proper bribes. Nothing to see here.

[–] Eternal192@anarchist.nexus 26 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Because their pockets are full of bribes, they need to spend some of it before they can do anything and "officials" that refuse to fight and protect those that they represent should be removed from office.

[–] myrmidex@belgae.social 4 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

I'd go one further: If ~~bribing~~ lobbying was proven, the politicians should not only be removed, they should also be just as liable for damages as the company is/should be.

[–] Eternal192@anarchist.nexus 3 points 3 hours ago

That's why so many laws and a lot of intentional loopholes were created so they can protect themselves and the best way to fight this kind of corruption is the Luigi way, the infestation is serious, time to call pest control.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 27 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

If there's no law then there's no law. Act accordingly.

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 10 points 15 hours ago

I'll siphon millions of gains of water myself then. Then I can sell it to the data center at a premium markup! It's foolproof.

[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Remember when datacenters were cool?

[–] hume_lemmy@lemmy.ca 7 points 7 hours ago

They're still cool! Because of the water they stole for their cooling systems.

[–] goatinspace@feddit.org 3 points 15 hours ago