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Comment on New Zealanders' biometric information and other sensitive data may be handed over to the United States government under a new border security agreement between the countries

myrmidex@belgae.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Elites will always be troublesome, but of no importance when they cannot corrupt anyone to do their bidding. That’s why I focus on rulers.

The problem is that people still seem to think that the next politician will change this, which is exactly what the elites want.

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GreenBeard@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Elites will always be troublesome, but of no importance when they cannot corrupt anyone to do their bidding.

Given enough time and enough resources, anyone is corruptible. The most corrupt are usually those who believe they can’t be corrupted. You just have to get them to honestly believe something that isn’t true. Once you figure out what cognitive fallacies they’re vulnerable to, you’ll have just turned a bulwark against you into your most loyal zealot. That’s why the wealthy usually win. With enough money, one person can command more time, and resources than 50% of the country combined.

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- myrmidex@belgae.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Totally agree. Everyone is corruptible.
  
  Chomsky being in the Epstein files is the perfect example.
  
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