The House Ethics Committee on Monday accused Matt Gaetz of “regularly” paying women, including a 17-year-old girl, for sex and purchasing and using illicit drugs all while the Florida Republican was a member of Congress.
Even this misses the point, imo. It’s not about lording over people. It’s about creating and maintaining a system that lets them pick and choose who sits behind bars, who loses access to their finances, who is allowed to vote, and ultimately who has the power.
The rules exist to allow them to target anyone they want. The fact that they simply ignore them when they break them is not the end goal; it’s hust a small part of the system of oligarchic control.
Even this misses the point, imo. It’s not about lording over people. It’s about creating and maintaining a system that lets them pick and choose who sits behind bars, who loses access to their finances, who is allowed to vote, and ultimately who has the power.
The rules exist to allow them to target anyone they want. The fact that they simply ignore them when they break them is not the end goal; it’s hust a small part of the system of oligarchic control.