Posts by Joseph Myers64

dustytinker56 said:I agree. That is precisely the situation. However, in my view, there is a fundamental lack of decency when a President makes 20 $0.00 while someone like Mudrinić pulls in 80,000. That is exactly why I am not surprised to see certain politicians—nearly all of them, really—shoving their friends or relatives into positions through various "competitive" hiring processes. Honestly, most people would jump at such opportunities if given the chance, but their true corruption doesn't manifest in those appointments themselves; rather, it shows up in the sheer audacity of overcharging—like painting a damn tunnel seven times instead of two, or billing 10 million dollars for a bathroom in a million-dollar facility. That is plain old brazen theft, and it’s what needs to be crushed. These "competitions" for jobs are nothing more than smoke and mirrors; everyone knows who is getting the position before the process even begins. But the real issue is that once they have the job, the work isn't done properly, deadlines are missed, and the invoices are absurdly inflated. If they actually respected the work, we might achieve a standard of living comparable to Switzerland (though, let's be honest, Switzerland has its own ways of doing things too).

So how do you explain a place like Chaos Studios? Their manager, Katić, walks out of JP Morgan Chase with two duffel bags full of cash, yet they're charging a measly grand for a commercial.

The answer isn't rocket science: the whole operation is just a front for money laundering.

feralranger said:Well, I find that premise rather questionable. The average American citizen isn't exactly presented with a golden opportunity to embezzle anything worth mentioning without facing immediate, crushing legal consequences. That hardly qualifies as an "opportunity." Real opportunity is what the corporate executives and career politicians enjoy—the chance to walk away with millions while facing little to no accountability whatsoever.

For them, it isn't even about finding an opportunity. It's just how the system runs. They don't even have to make a choice to steal. Everything around them is rigged, and those shady "contracts" just land on their desks automatically. It's pure routine. If they actually make a decision, it's usually trying to find a way out of the racket. Most of them are too hooked to leave.

In other words, it’s not like you’re walking past a JP Morgan Chase branch where someone left the vault wide open and you just decide to grab a handful of cash.
It's more like stumbling upon a crew that's been skimming for years. They have the keys. You grab a beer with them, and as you're walking past the bank, you just swing by to snatch a few million. They know every drawer and every corner of that vault like it's their own living room. And you? It feels stupid to say "no" to them now.

Look at this latest mess with Vinko cetinski. That's just how the elite lives. You're either in the circle playing the game, or you're out.

Andrew Sullivan8 said:I’m posting this here in the spirituality section, too, since I’m not really sure where it fits best... 😉

"Every single day, you open the papers and see more scandals involving millions of dollars in fraud. It seems people will go to any lengths to get rich—stealing, killing, cheating, just committing any kind of crime imaginable...

What's interesting is that almost all these dishonest schemes are pulled off by people who don't actually need the money to survive. We aren't talking about someone on the brink of starvation or someone who can't afford basic clothes and is struggling to stay alive. It's usually the middle class or the wealthy elite—people who have plenty, but simply never have enough. So much for that idea that greed is driven by necessity...

Sometimes these folks have so much wealth that three generations of their descendants couldn't spend it all, yet they still pull dirty stunts just to stack up even more.

There's something deeply tragic about money, isn't there? How it manages to ruin so many lives..."

The answer to what you're asking is just one word: FEAR.

People are terrified of starving. You wouldn't believe it.