NORMALIZE DESTROYING THE CAREERS OF RAPISTS AND ABUSERS
the cornell 7 situation reminds me of a thing that happens all the time for privileged people. our patriarchal society decides that a few humiliating headlines is punishment enough. their futures should not be allowed to be affected. their friendships should remain intact. when people become powerful, this effect only gets exaggerated. the fact that someone is a sex criminal or a war criminal should not be allowed to interfere with their privilege to remain in power. the fact that americans of privilege and power know going in that there will be no consequences for any of their crimes is an encouragement for them to commit them.
sexual assault in its many forms is completely normalized in our sick society. this behavior is modeled by the most successful members of our society again and again, and we wonder why studies confirm that most american women are survivors of sexual assault. when the idf commits mass rape in their torture chambers, our most powerful people either applaud it or try to hide it, but either way they try to fund it and shield it from legal consequences. our twisted definition of “decorum” insists that we pity the abuser and it’s the responsibility of the abused to make adjustments to their behavior to avoid the abuse.
it’s hard to believe, but there are americans alive today who actually remember when america was against genocides and mass rapes. today, both parties see a genocide/mass rape and immediately try to figure out how they can worsen it. fast track it. make money off it. how did our leaders become so depraved? partly because we dispensed no consequences. we assume that someone stealing diapers from walmart obviously has bad intentions, but pretend that someone committing genocide is just a tragic victim of the system they actually are being paid to control.
when we go to a restaurant and order the thing we want, we know we intend to do that. but when a much richer, much more powerful person does a thing that is much harder than ordering something at a restaurant, we think it’s some tragic accident. we fantasize that those poor politicians are just misinformed, or being controlled somehow. how can they be being controlled by people with less power? we are being asked to believe that democrats couldn’t possibly actually want the genocide they are funding and lying for.
who benefits when we decide not to ascribe intent to rich and powerful people who do horrible things like rape or mass murder? if you’re my friend and you steal diapers from walmart, i can still trust you when push comes to shove. when you do genocide, i obviously can’t trust you on any issue anymore, big or small. you’ve done the worst thing a human being can do. you’ve already demonstrated that you have no sense of judgement or morality whatsoever.
complaining that this or that politician isn’t solving society’s problems, or this or that corporation isn’t designing products that make life better, is completely misunderstanding the point of these entities in a collapsing capitalist empire. under our current system, the point is to create problems and design products that make life worse.
self sabotage by the rich and powerful is a very common and profitable strategy that doesn't get talked about enough. in a collapsing empire, success is no longer where the profit is. in a collapsing empire likes ours, hate, anger, confusion, disasters, wars, genocides, and economic crashes are where the money is.
congress wants voters to hate them. the only candidates that are allowed to run a campaign without getting smeared by SUPERPACs are candidates who are already committed to undermining the legislative branch of government. they don’t want the people to have a voice. they want the joe bidens and donald trumps of government to have the power to just fast track genocides without congressional approval. then they don’t have to be held accountable. democrats want republicans to invade iran. they agree with the policy because it boosts american weapons and oil profits, but they don’t want to take the blame.
AI is deliberately being used to undermine the accuracy of everything it touches. the people who use it to commit crimes like blowing up apartment buildings and elementary schools and purging voter rolls know very well that it’s inaccurate. they love it when you blame “AI” instead of blaming them.
government wants its agencies to fail. keep defunding them until they can no longer function, then trick voters into being the ones screaming for that agency’s eradication on account of government waste. corporations work the same way. downsizing is their goal. they want certain departments to fail so that they can cut them.
romcoms and sitcoms model a certain behavior. somebody fails to communicate their actual feelings, there’s some misunderstanding, hijinks ensue. perhaps in the minds of the entertainers making romcoms and sitcoms, the whole moral of the story is to know your feelings, don’t hide them, and don’t try to trick people into loving you. but if that was actually the behavior they showed onscreen, no hijinks would ensue. the romcom or sitcom would fail in the marketplace.
social media has got everyone starring in their own comedy show, including political leaders. they’re not trying to solve problems, they’re trying to create them. it’s better for ratings, you get more likes, you make more money. you no longer have to run campaigns on how your leadership will benefit voters. you have only to show how how your opponent’s leadership will be even worse. businesses and politicians intentionally create fear, misery, stress, depression and loneliness, and then create and sell new products that are advertised as solutions, but actually worsen the problem. they steal our creative work for AI and then sell or rent it back to us for a price.
i’m all for personal forgiveness when someone owns up to their mistake. even rapists and murderers. but there is no way that this person should be allowed to continue along their path to power. NORMALIZE DESTROYING THE CAREERS OF RAPISTS AND MURDERERS. it is not an example of “decorum” to allow such people to pursue positions of trust and power over other people’s lives.