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Capitalist Vengeance Vs Justice [CXVI]

Or… How people are not helping others through the American Justice System

synapticloop
2 min readSep 14, 2022

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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 —…

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