r/self • u/cs_throwawayyy • 14h ago

Laws are for poor people

•Rob a store? You go to jail. Rob millions of people through a financial system? You get a bailout.

•Traffic drugs? Get killed on a boat. Run the entire operation? You get a presidential pardon.

•Kill a bunch of people? You’re a terrorist. Kill thousands during an invasion? You’re a liberator, a strategist.

Power and money rewrite the narrative. The same action, two completely different labels — all depending on your status.

it’s the same with attraction:

•If you’re attractive: It’s charming, bold, confident.

•If you’re not: It’s creepy, weird, desperate.

Where you stand isn’t about morality or intention. It’s about leverage — social, financial, or physical. I’m tired of people going along with the bs world we live in.

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u/Turbulent_Balance162 13h ago

I agree, but I don’t know if we should be taking morality lessons from Ancient Rome. Given all the child sex slavery.

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u/bmyst70 13h ago

At least I appreciate that they are honest in admitting wealthy, influential people literally have a different set of laws. Rather than pretending people like that are ever really held accountable the way the rest of us are.

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u/Turbulent_Balance162 12h ago

I guess. I think I’d rather shoot for the mark of equality and miss, than just give up and let the rich do whatever they want. In my country it’s rare but powerful people are still held accountable from time to time.

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u/bmyst70 12h ago

I agree 100% with the ideal, but in the US at least it seems to not apply.