Imagine thinking that "drug dealer" isn't an ethically defensible line of work, but "banker" is.
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"I mean, banks follow the law [lol] and only foreclose on you, put you in debt prison, make you unemployed and unemployable, and use the power of the state to do all those things. They don't use VIOLENCE."
No, I have seriously heard this argument, spoken sincerely.
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A surprisingly large number of social problems can be boiled down to a simple observation:
When organized crime wears a t-shirt or tracksuit, people treat it as a menace.
When it wears a suit or a tux, they treat it as either sexy, a necessary evil or both.
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With a public like this, who needs plutocrats?