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Capitalist Vengeance Vs Justice [CXVI]
Or… How people are not helping others through the American Justice System
2 min readSep 14, 2022
Vengeance And Justice
Here are some cases where ‘Justice’ was done in the eyes of the public
- Prince Andrew paid £12 million to settle the sex abuse lawsuit with Ms Guiffre
There is an NDA about this settlement
- Purdue Pharmaceutical reaches $8 billion settlement over the opioid crisis
The settlement resolves criminal and civil investigations into how Purdue Pharma marketed its painkillers.
- A server for a high-end steakhouse in La Jolla, California is being sued for racial discrimination for $8,000.
Punitive damages may follow
So What?
People got paid — yay — but this does not go to the heart of the matter.
- Prince Andrew should be in jail
- The board of directors of Purdue Pharmaceuticals should be in jail
- The server in the restaurant should be tried for a hate crime and go to jail.
All of the people that got paid — got vengeance for their specific grievance —…