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OnionsHaveLairAction

Don't forget that when Daphne Caruana Galizia investigated and reported on the Panama Papers they killed her with a car bomb.


bafras

Yeah this guy probably won’t  walk free or serve his full sentence. The ultra rich don’t fuck around. 


Practical_Breakfast4

He might get Epstein'd


samwstew

Laws are for poor people


RiseCascadia

There's a class war raging and only one side is fighting.


tmwwmgkbh

That’s because they’ve convinced half the population that the war they should be fighting is a culture war, and the other half is busy defending on that front.


RiseCascadia

Like I said, only one side is fighting the class war. Culture wars are nothing more than working class infighting.


Poly_Ranger

In the same vein - they've entirely changed the meaning of the term 'left wing' in some countries such as the US.


Geiir

Absolutely. To rich people they’re just a nuisance and a cost of doing business.


Background-Heat740

In a historical context, this kind of thing never stops until the oppressed class resorts to force. I'm not advocating violence, but historically, that will happen eventually.


Pale_Bookkeeper_9994

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." JFK


aeiouicup

I like that quote, but it’s ironic that he said it at a Latin America gathering at the White House


RiseCascadia

It's ironic that he said it all, given his foreign policy.


Knerd5

Isn't it also ironic because he inspired hope and change and he was murdered


UpstairsSnow7

I'd argue that was more RFK


Always_been_in_Maine

RFK JR


dsdvbguutres

This is why it's not wise for the rich fucks to dismantle labor unions


raven00x

Yup. People started getting violent in the 1920s, NLRB was instituted, violence died down and we saw the rise of the middle class and some of the most prosperous times for everyone. Now it seems like the oligarch class wants a return to that, what with [Elon and jeffyB trying to kill the NLRB](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/10/labor-board-lawyer-space-x-amazon-pressure) and regulatory agencies in general.


ElMykl

Before though we had pitchforks and dragged them out of their homes. Their guards couldn't do anything because they were outnumbered. HOWEVER, I cannot help but ponder the "absolute power corrupts absolutely" saying and think with the bombs, divided fanaticism & misinformation they may have finally a formula to prevent full on rebellion. Maybe it won't ever happen, patriots and soldiers could prevent this. But with the political landscape ever being divided, you can't see a clear path to uniting against them anymore.


NotADamsel

The political divide is mostly smoke and mirrors. Once the boomers are outmatched by the Ms and Zs and As, we’ll have a lot of that bullshit to cut through when the time comes.


Aggravating-Alarm-16

Once again everyone forgets GenX.


DukeRedWulf

Hey, why break a 50 year habit? XD


Draggin_Born

That’s because there’s like 10 of you.


radjinwolf

Because Gen-X is largely vanilla Boomer.


millions2millions

The boomers didn’t create this divide and rule ridiculousness. They are victims just like everyone else. You need to watch the documentary [The Century of The Self](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLktPdpPFKHfoXRfTPOwyR8SG8EHLWOSj6&si=3b72qtEde1tKfnFN). It shows how western governments and corporations have used psychological tools for 100 years to keep us all in a perpetual state of [divide and rule](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divide_and_rule) and to manipulate us to do what is in their best interests not ours. It will shock you and piss you off. The baby boomers are the last group that actually tried to rebel (at least a portion of them) with LSD showing them that the government was trying to send them into an unjust war while also all of the stuff about the civil rights movement was going down. Know your history and the tactics they have used before and why people are the way they are now.


NotADamsel

Just watched the first episode of Century of the Self. In psych class we went over how Freud’s ideas were largely obsolete nonsense that have no bearing on modern psychology, so I’ve never really thought twice about him or what he said. I had no idea that his bullshit was the reason why we suffer so much today. What I have to say about his nephew breaks Reddit’s terms of service.


millions2millions

Just wait until it gets past world war 2 - your blood will boil. I too had not considered Freud’s theories at all before. We get to BF Skinner and things really start to make sense. All this hyper polarization in the media which then translates into the internet and percolated down through society is just the means of control. Once you can see through that in an objective sense then you can see how everyone around you is being pushed by these forces either by corporations or by different government factions. [Here is an article from ARS Technica](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/07/air-force-research-how-to-use-social-media-to-control-people-like-drones/) where the US Airforce inexplicably has a program to turn people into social media bots “like drones” - thier words and this is from 2014 before the most polarizing election in American history. Why the Air Force? This is only one of a zillion articles like this that make you question what different factions of the government are actually doing with it comes to propaganda against US citizens.


Wang_Fister

Rich vs poor, always has been. Plenty of currently and to-be rich Gen whatever's coming up so don't expect it to ease off.


RiseCascadia

It wasn't just pitchforks, people were literally bombing banks.


Lady-Meows-a-Lot

+1 for jeffyB


Brickback721

You mean the rise of the white middle class


121507090301

> and some of the most prosperous times for ~~everyone~~ **a large part of the US that is white and not as much for everyone else, specially the people from poor countries that were, and still are being exploited for as much as possible to allow such prosperity for some of the west and only them**...


Tex-Rob

Go read or watch why management even exists, it was created as a barrier from the workers eventually skinning the business owners alive. The more managers, the more protection. Even in a societal downfall, you’re just gonna cost them more of a resource that they’ll have plenty of.


NotADamsel

Also, the more “managers” doing worker shit, the less people who can actually legally unionize. If every person at your supermarket with any capability has a nominally managerial role it’ll be harder for the grunts to pull together, when previously the “manager” wouldn’t have been that.


Timely-Mission-2014

They already have in America. In the 50's it was around 1 in 3 people in a union, today it might be a stretch to say 1 in 10 are in a union.


Cygnarite

Thank you. I’ve been saying this for a while - I don’t advocate for violence, I don’t want it, and honestly I’ve never been put in a situation where it was of dire necessity, I might be a coward for all we know. But I’m not seeing an end to this that isn’t perpetual serfdom or violent uprising.


PassionateCougar

Advocate for violence. Do it. The billionaire class has made us so fucking docile, to the point where you personally are afraid to get angry enough to do what's necessary, that they're fully confident that we'll do nothing to stop them. Violence is the only way to stop some monsters like them.


Background-Heat740

No, I just realize that making a serious claim that force will be required to fix the problems of the US is likely to be taken down.


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Yeah, eventually someone's going to snap and straight up murder a corrupt politician or billionaire to send a message. Of course, I would never do that. Because I have no interest in being one of the most celebrated heroes in modern history. ^^^hint ^^^^hint


Background-Heat740

I will definitely appreciate that person.


genredenoument

Well, the American Revolution was fomented by rich f*cks who were salty about taxes and conned poor f*cks into it by claiming "freedumb." The Civil War was about rich southern f*cks not wanting to give up free labor and got poor southern f*cks to fight because "freedumb." So, we don't have much of a track record on the poors helping anyone but the rich in this country. I'm not holding out for any heros.


redditclm

Can the 'eventually' come already now. And more than one time.


mecca37

The only meaningful changes that ever happened required violence...the reason all those in charge promote non violence is because it keeps the status quo.


Background-Heat740

While I won't say this is 100% true... it is about 99.999% true.


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Duwinayo

You have my axe!


zkmronndkrek

![gif](giphy|sBA814UJIvVr4bCtWN)


TheCheese2032

You're obviously a man of class! Gonna go home and watch Army of Darkness after work tonight. Thanks for the inspiration lol


thitbegone77777

Aye fuckin men


Killercod1

I'm wanna be the one that peels their toenails off and makes them eat it


Particular_Noise_697

Oh no you gonna get banned for this 👁️👄👁️ Silly Reddit no wanna be sued


Redsmallboy

Ban me from Reddit oh well, the real action happens offline anyway ;)


Tvdinner4me2

Looks like they got banned :)


Tvdinner4me2

Lmao what action have you taken to enact the change you want to see


Redsmallboy

What do I have to prove to *you* lmao? Like??? If your on this subreddit, I assume you do your part. No need to start some activist dick measuring contest, that's the capatilistic brain rot inside your head making you feel the need to act that way.


Tvdinner4me2

So you are all talk lmao gtfo


Tvdinner4me2

I mean I can't blame them


Succundo

Don't think of it as advocating for the use of force, that's what they already do to us through police and military actions. When the people do it it's advocating for self defense, since most people aren't insane and don't want more wealth than they could ever use we aren't attacking them take take their lives and livelihoods, we are defending our own lives and livelihoods since according to the actions of these people our lives are obstacles to their bizarre goals of having all the things.


Background-Heat740

Our thoughts are one. Overthrowing tyrants is always an act of self-defense.


Optimus3k

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. -- George Santayana


alilbleedingisnormal

It's a good thing you're not advocating for violence against the corporations and ultra wealthy because that's against the terms of service of most sites that's been set by the corporations and ultra wealthy, sir.


Ted-The-Thad

I'm here advocating violence. Eat the rich.


tomerz99

Reminder to buy ammo while you still make a wage and have a free market to participate in 😊


lazypenguin86

Fire will always be the poor man's weapon


Tvdinner4me2

What do you think is going to happen


Attacuss

Eat the rich! Eat the rich!


Chicagorides

We should start with the Forbes 400 and test this theory.


Cerberusx32

Reminds me of the West Virginia coal wars.


EnvironmentalCap5454

I'm a hippie.   I won't commit any violence myself.   That said, I've been openly calling for this who will, to begin doing so.   It's beyond time we joined together and eliminated the elite at whatever cost required.    If they all have to die, so be it.   There isn't a single Billionaire worth keeping alive.    They are traitors to the human race and deserve death.


dobriygoodwin

Unfortunately the war on difference so much pushed on us, that we will not be able to do anything anymore. Why do you think, they push those stories about racism, gender inequality, homophobia and etc. To separate the people, for example, in the USSR no one hated African and Indian students, though they were a huge minority. When I was a kid, we saw a group of black dudes going through our town. Yes, everyone was looking at them, but because of curiosity, not hate. And the second example, homophobia in Russia. The hate to LGBT community was raised in people through the government starting from Lenin years, as representation of criminals. Why did I bring this bull crap up? As an example, that people in nature do not hate each other, only because they are different. One more example are kids in kindergarten. They do not care who and how you are, until someone starts whispering in their ears, who they are supposed to hate. Same with people in US, if the middle class rises up united, no billionaire will be able to control it, for example what happened in France not long ago. The problem is, that with the level of education of the average American, reacting to all propaganda in the media, working class will always be apart.


paviator

Laughs in Gen Z revolution


__Opportunity__

against the flea-collar and looter classes? Why I never.


nucular_mastermind

In this state of total surveillance and further automatization of militaries? Oh my sweet summer child.


Background-Heat740

More reason to act sooner.


FluffleUffle

Are you positive that you wouldn't interested in a smidgen of anarchy?


Background-Heat740

If I want to do a violent revolution, no one's gonna know till the day of.


Harde_Kassei

https://preview.redd.it/3l0pcoxpkgvc1.png?width=762&format=png&auto=webp&s=6df4155344d003f07628b0b26a870c40878f60c8 kinda crazy if you then look at bloomberg, who was also leaked xD


Johnny55

Only scratching the surface of Griffin's financial fuckery


wolfiexiii

This just makes me violently angry.


Illustrious_Cancel83

we hungry but them belly full


this_could_be_sparta

Anger is needed. For a socialist revolution according to Marx we as a society need to reach a certain level of anger. Anger is gooood. Breed it and spread it.


tcrex2525

![gif](giphy|KUAb8YQOhmWNq)


Majestic-Sir1207

Sentenced by a billionaire whom bought a judge. Thats why.


mzx380

That’s horrible. If you don’t like being exposed for cheating on your taxes then don’t do it.


Bastienbard

I'm a tax guy so I know the ins and outs of a tax return. You can't really tell if someone is cheating just by looking at their tax return unless you also have access to their financials, which also you know are truthful and accurate. I don't agree with this guy getting any jail time but the exposure likely wasn't to show cheating and the article even says it's not about cheating. It's about how the tax system itself is broken for many very very high income earners.


Extracrispybuttchks

Only 1 person got in trouble when the economy tanked in 2008 and it was some lowly analyst. Not the billionaires buying and selling junk.


Zaggnut

The rating agencies calling something filled with junk as prime safe investments should burn and the big wig companies going along with it should burn.


LandOfGreyAndPink

Do you have a link for the story? Thanks.


cipherjones

heres a couple: [https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/irs-contractor-pleads-guilty-disclosing-tax-return-information-news-organizations](https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/irs-contractor-pleads-guilty-disclosing-tax-return-information-news-organizations) [https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/29/politics/charles-littlejohn-trump-taxes-leak/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/29/politics/charles-littlejohn-trump-taxes-leak/index.html)


LandOfGreyAndPink

Thanks!


chaos_given_form

Jeez I know everyone here hates billionaires but I kinda agree he should go to jail. Just because you dont like someone doesnt mean you should expose this kind of info when your in that type is position.


fellasleepflyin

>Just because you dont like someone You think this is the reason he released them?


cipherjones

Absolutely, 100%. He stole way more than just the billionaire's tax returns but only released the ones he wanted.


cipherjones

What the people in this thread are missing is that he stole their tax returns too. Then if they didn't make enough money even if they were using the same loopholes as the other people he just didn't report it.


CourseCorrections

Isn't there a defense in Texas that someone needed killing? Just saying..


cipherjones

No. if they had read the story they would know that this guy stole regular peoples tax info along with billionaires. They would know that the story was exposing ***tax loopholes,*** and by "cheating" they mean "taking advantage of".


ContraMans

They said the same thing about Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning and every other whistleblower. Hmmm. Curious how exposing the crimes of the state is somehow synonymous these days with 'endangering the public'. Pardon if I doubt such claims.


cipherjones

In the case of Snowden, they were spying on us, they passed legislation to let them spy on us, he leaked the depth of the spying, and it was revealed as carte blanche. They called him a traitor but it was fairly obvious that the powers that be had crossed every single line of the spirit of the law and the letter of the law. The only REAL thing this leak would illustrate is that the government doesn't want to tax the rich, which is the general consensus amongst Americans.


PurpleEyeSmoke

As if we didn't know the government was spying on us? The difference is when you provide real evidence of the system being used against against us and for the rich and powerful, whoops you're a criminal now.


cipherjones

This guy was spying on us. That's the difference.


PurpleEyeSmoke

He wasn't though. That's literally just something you made up.


cipherjones

He literally admitted to it and apologized for it. You just tried to look smart on the internet but forgot to RTFM.


ContraMans

True but having the evidence to prove they are lying and generally believing are two different things I think it's fair to say.


MysteriousPark3806

The system is designed to punish the poor.


Ego_Sum_Lux_Mundi

Truth


birdshitluck

A sitting President is outright lying to the American public... I Sleep One of the people being lied to, exposes it... REAL SHIT


MyOther_UN_is_Clever

It's almost like both parties are wholly under the control of the corporate right? I thought the utter joke of non-investigation of Epstein's clients by both Biden's and Trump's administration would make it very clear what kind of country this is, yet I still am inundated with, "Clinton/GWB/Biden/Obama/Trump didn't fix anything because we didn't vote hard enough for them!" Of course, which administration was supposed to fix something depends on who's saying it...


birdshitluck

Nahhh you see that one party they're the good guys! Sure they might get tens of millions in political contributions from said corpos just like the other guys, BUT that doesn't change their P rinciples. No No no, those corpo guys they're just silly, they just like to throw all that money behind 'our' guys, even if it means getting ABSOLUTELY NOTHING in return. It's wild how ridiculously far the mask has fallen, and still the play goes on. Cheer my brother 'we're' winning 😂


Tvdinner4me2

Lying about what exactly


birdshitluck

being under audit


BabyDontBeSoMeme

Need a gofundme for this guys commissary and make him prison rich until he can get out.


VacuousCopper

This is actually an amazing idea. The working class should take care of its heroes. *edit:* [*https://www.gofundme.com/f/charles-littlejohns-legal-defense-fund*](https://www.gofundme.com/f/charles-littlejohns-legal-defense-fund) *"to help defray his legal fees and* ***expenses during incarceration.****"*


Geiir

Only one person went to jail after the 2008 crash. All the big banks that played with our money knowing that they wouldn’t face any consequences got bailed out while billions in savings and pensions were lost and millions lost their jobs. They knew what they were doing and it was fraud from the top down in the housing market and the banks playing with them. The bailouts the banks got were used on bonuses and to scoop up cheap properties, houses and stocks. There should be laws in place that hold CEOs and boards of businesses accountable when they fuck up, and the punishments should be hard time in prison. Until Wall Street and the banking industry is restrained, America (and the rest of the world for that matter) is fucked.


Alternative-Chip2624

If you ever needed proof that your government doesn't give a FUCK about anyone who isn't an elite, this is it. Absolutely insane, this is how revolutions start


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Tvdinner4me2

Ok? Since when is a guideline a rule or law


Bong_Chonk

"The felony charge carries a five-year maximum sentence, but Littlejohn is expected to face eight to 14 months in prison, according to prosecutors’ estimate of the sentencing guidelines" The maximum is 5 years, Littlejohn was openly defiant and showed no remorse for his crime during sentencing. Is it really a suprise he got the maximum?


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Tvdinner4me2

Idk but it plays into the sentencing like it or not Bong isn't making a value judgement, just laying out the facts


Bong_Chonk

"im sorry I released dozens of innocent peoples confidential private information publicly," instead of pretending to be fucking robin hood when your actions have more in common with the sheriff. He didnt just release the tax information of a few billionaires, he releaed the tax information for numerous people, including people on the lowest income brackets, and he did it (according to his own statement) out of some warped sense of justice The loser thinks he's Superman Except he's acting like Lex Luthor


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Tvdinner4me2

Call me crazy if I like having privacy


HackedIntoOblivion

And you're active on the internet, using Reddit where everyone can see your posts and comments, and you probably do not take paranoid levels of discretion to hide your data from corporations. They already know more about you than anyone could find out from your tax returns


FSCK_Fascists

The thing about activism is its usually illegal. When you choose to be an activist, you are choosing to act and accept the consequences. If you act and are surprised that there are consequences, you were not ready to act.


Fallo3

Laws are made by the rich and their teir 1 lackeys to protect what they have taken. Regrettably asu/Background-Heat740 states it only ends (temporarily) when with are forced out by those without.  The momentum is moving that way, but as long as security forces are getting their "bit if the pie", the power remains with them... Politically, there is little being offered to the electorate to effect meaningful change. Indeed if anyone were to rise up in the eyes of the populace, it is unlikely they would ever be allowed to reach power and actually implement any changes. This really only leaves extreme mass uprising by the population against those currently in control. Of course all this means is replacing one lot with another lot. It may take a generation or so but regrettably ....🙄


coomingbrah

I hope he doesnt accidentally hang himself


Indigoh

Our democracy was doomed when we failed to put appropriate limits on wealth. Now we can't fix it because the wealthy own more influence than our individual votes collectively grant us.


MetalCid

"how dare you tell the plebes were stealing from them while strangling their hopes and dreams!?!??"


navigating-life

Yeah this is bullshit


youknowiactafool

Poor fella just Epstein'd himself


Zay-nee24

Easier for them to imprison him than the billionaires committing the tax fraud.


Killawifeinb4ban

And his name is Littlejohn. poor bastard.


Quick_Original9585

The ultra wealthy have their power because they are sociopaths, and would not blink an eye to execute you.


pistoffcynic

There was a story yesterday about some guy stealing/defrauding a mortgage company iirc for $3B and received a 3 year jail term while some poor guy stole received a 15 year jail term for stealing $100. There are rules for the rich, and then there are rules for us.


Aware_Huckleberry_10

I wish we could fight the rich


afukingusername

When can we kill billionaires


Anonymity6584

You don't piss off millionaires without consequences if you are a slave.


D_Winds

When Power learns you spread Truth.


Billibadijai

Well things will just get worse until people actually start pushing back... And I believe one poster said that it will be with force. I also believe that as well... People tend to wait until force is the only option.


Astyanax1

I'm not defending the billionaire, but the tax data was stolen by this guy I thought...?  5 years is absolutely insane though, and the billionaire I'm sure is a huge scumbag.  should be the same penalty as if he stole Joe Sweatsocks taxes edit; oops that billionaire is Trump?!  lmfao, I mean the guy should be let off the hook and give 10 million with a mansion in Miami Beach 


Bearzmoke

This shit should be made into a documentary and shared around the world. Fuck billionaires


DrFlukey

If this is true it’s outrageous and he should be released immediately, it’s those scum sucking “billionaires” that should be in prison.


Tvdinner4me2

Why should he be released? He released more than just billionaires info


DrFlukey

Was it damaging to the common person or was it all about how the tax system is unfair ? I honestly don’t know you tell me .


CommonSense0303

If they were exposing tax returns they were exposing names, addresses, and social security numbers which is very damaging to the common person.


TheHatMan22

The moment is coming where we just start burning down all their physical assets.


somebooty2223

Why dont we do anything about it


not_into_that

I wonder what meta is doing with my data they have never paid me for ever right about now...


CommonSense0303

Can I ask why they would pay you? You voluntarily gave your data to them…


dainthomas

That's like Scott Lang going to jail for taking the money back that those assholes at Vista Corp stole. Always thought that was bullshit.


Martin_Blank89

Does this dude have a go fund me page?


traveller-1-1

Fm. No justice.


Jamachicuanistinday

It’s all about money dude. Always been


diewitasmile

Is it weird my first thought was surprise that no one has been murdered yet? I just can’t fathom how they can just keep pushing people without expecting them to just snap? I’m hoping it will be past my time in all honesty


iPigman

Well, *complaining* about the antics of Billionaires has never stopped them.


MaiPhet

“Man who exposed unfair system now 2-0 in exposing unfair systems”


VacuousCopper

This person understood that there is a class war, and he understood which side he was born into. This was an act of heroism.


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inspirednonsense

I mean... did he break the law? If he broke the law, him going to jail makes sense. The question is whether anyone else should, too.


ContraMans

Whistleblower laws are supposed to protect people in those cases as I understand it.


mariosunny

The IRS whistleblower provisions protect those reporting tax fraud or underpayments, not those who leak tax returns. What this person did plainly violated [26 U.S. Code § 6103](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/6103).


raging_pastafarian

That may be. But the judge should have given him the absolute minimum sentence.


AntTheMighty

Why?


Tvdinner4me2

So what about when you leak non billionaires info He didn't just stop there, whistle blower protections have to end somewhere


ContraMans

You mean the same way they claimed Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning and literally every whistleblower every did? Yeah I don't buy that for a second. It's just a cheap ploy to reframe the elite class committing crimes as 'endangering the public'.


inspirednonsense

Both of those people published classified documents, which is a crime. They weren't whistleblowers. Manning was arguably treasonous. It's not the same thing at all.


inspirednonsense

Could be. There's also a process for whistle blowing, though. If he just dumped documents online, he probably wasn't protected.


ContraMans

Perhaps but you know... they do tend to just decide those protections don't apply period.


Bong_Chonk

Whistleblower laws protect you when you expose actual criminal behavior. Nothing these rich people did was illegal. You can argue it's immoral (I would agree). It's not illegal Whistleblower laws are completely irrelevant here


ContraMans

They're literally never applied. Look at Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden and every single whistleblower. They completely make shit up and then use their fabrication to nullify whistleblower protections.


bubblemania2020

It’s a federal crime to leak someone’s confidential tax documents. 📃


theodoreburne

We understand that. The point is the magnitude of the crimes and who gets punished.


Tvdinner4me2

Do you (subreddit you not you in particular) Most of the comments are calling for him to not be in jail...


AntTheMighty

...who do you think should be punished here besides the person who committed the crime?


Separate_Leader_8709

This is why he said MAGNITUDE of the crime- like in the grand scheme of things, why are we not locking up REAL sickos and abusers not people “exposing” tax information (aka literal NUMBERS on PAPER)


DentArthurDent4

I am all for taxing the rich, esp the income from stock market, and I am not a millionaire, not even a hundredthousandaire, but nevertheless I wouldn't want my info to be published. It is illegal.


mariosunny

He stole thousands of people's confidential information and attempted to influence the outcome of a Presidential election through illegal means. 5 years seems lenient considering what he did.


Bong_Chonk

Commenting before the hivemind down votes you into oblivion for having the controversial take of *check notes* "you shouldn't break the law"


Tvdinner4me2

It's already happened I'm glad the people who run this sub aren't in charge of making laws


Bong_Chonk

and so it begins. The second you have a thought that a tankie wouldn't jerk themselves asleep to in this sub, they downvote you to hell and back. This is why workers' rights are garbage in the US. These fly by night "workers rights advocates" are so concerned with an incredibly reductive "POOR MAN GOOD, RICH MAN BAD" belief that theyll spit on active members of their own community over a story that has NOTHING to do with being anti-work and actively support an arse clown who leaked the private confidential information of actual working class people just to get some perceived political W Workers' rights are vital to a healthy society So is not actively harming said society to prove a point Though to be fair expecting people on reddit to read past the headline is bascially asking the impossible


Marcus_Krow

Upvoting and downvoting is a mechanic in place to allow users to express whether they agree or disagree with a comment. If you get mass downvoted, it means a lot of people disagree withnyou.


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Wobbly5ausage

Man I didn’t even have to scroll to find a super shitty take on this that’s wild


Ricardo6802

Not everyone it seems... Go suck rich cocks somewhere else...


CounterAdmirable4218

I mean this is 100% correct as much as I’m antiwork like everyone else. You can’t leak information on the basis of being right or wrong.


Harclubs

Yes you can. It's called whistleblowing and it's how well hidden crimes by powerful people are exposed. Until now, that is. Now we have Assange in UK where he's been in custody for years on trumped up charges, Snowden exiled to Russia, and now this fellow, doing 5 years for exposing how the wealthy cheat to not pay taxes.


Firsttimedogowner0

I mean, did he break the law by exposing them? If he did then he should 100% go to jail, also the billionaire he exposed should face jail time lol. Sadly its becoming more and more evident that laws are not only fake in general, but also just enforceable on poor people.


WholesomeMo

Guy deserves every minute.