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Also, it seems like the biggest 'reward for bad behavior' in our era goes to Fauci

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Curious what was Fauci's "bad behavior" ?

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Funding GOF research, lying to the public on masks, omitting the importance of vitamin supplements, shilling for vaccines when he has a conflict of interest -- and that's all since the Pandemic started! He also has a history of torturing animals and fueling homophobia. Of course all those things are specific ethical gaps in his stewardship of public health. His practice of self-promotion and attention-seeking with the friendliest corporate media outlets available is also disgusting.

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Do you have a job?

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Trust me I have some major issues w torture of animals in the name of science. That being said Fauci not a politician just a guy w a high profile job. He has not promoted himself in the media, merely his agenda re COVID. The rest of all that? Publicity. And legal permutation. U sound like anti vax. Thats ur agenda. Back it up with hard science. Not innuendo and absurd gossip.

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He’s a politician, just not an elected one. He serves at the will of elected politicians and wields authority delegates by them.

There are lots of reasons to be anti-vax, but the most pertinent is that Fauci is the biggest vax promoter in the US and he’s been caught in lie after lie. If the vaccines provide obvious benefits that speak for themselves, why are we stuck with someone who is fundamentally untrustworthy to advise us?

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Talk about agendas, nobody was talking about vaccines until you brought them up. Goofball

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Delegated*

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They aren't leaders and haven't been for a long time, maybe never. The managerial state quarters rulers. The 'checks and balances' system only applies when there's a turf war. Nevertheless, there's room for optimism. Our national shared problems are less shared than we've been led to believe and anarcho-tyranny brings all the consequences of authoritarian rule without the benefit of supposed "rule of law." Anarcho-tyranny is when socially acceptable behavior is illegal, but deviant behavior is permitted. Looters aren't prosecuted, for example, but store owners defending stores are vilified. Never has the case for individual freedom been more clear, and liberty easier to sell. You don't have a duty to society: individual responsibility is the impulse compelling you to take care of yourself by asserting your agency firmly, establish your own ties to your community, and carry out your vision for your family.

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Not sure how I got here, or who you are so apologies - this spoke to me so I saved it and came back to finish later. Now rereading it I see the biases. Zero mention of the feeling of being a sucker watching people make a mockery of the elections , zero mention of the Trump family looting for themselves. Yeah it's a vicious cycle, the solution isn't to swing further the other way.

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Do yourself a favor, do not take up Elon’s “causes du jour “. He does not live like the rest of us

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I mean let’s all have a cause du jour which doesn’t have anything to do with the guy who thinks the matrix is a documentary

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That would REALLY make YOU the sucker

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Also on a related note, between you and the other commenters this blog goes from “hey I’m building an app” to “let’s not have a government” pretty fast

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Hey Trumpy, you're on watch now

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this is not novel. it has occurred through every age. "winners" don't play by the rules, they create them.

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The zipper merge is legal and reduces traffic congestion: https://www.farmers.com/learn/plan-and-prep/car-myths/

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Personally I feel the same about taxes and food stamps. If I work harder and make more for working harder I should go down in tax bracket each step not up. But maybe I’m just greedy.

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It does seem worse in recent times. From an individual perspective I remember some quote: "the true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching". You can only control your own actions and you have to live with the consequences.

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We need to eliminate the positions of all politicians and all leaders, replacing them with software such as smart contracts and data oracles.

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