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If a billionaire is in actual trouble, he’s in China. US would have bailed out Evergrande.

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I have pretty severe concerns about how the Chinese government operates, but this is one thing they do right.

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I have pretty severe concerns about the way the American government operates.

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We have traded the literal genocide and opression for corporations performing economic genocide and opression on us.

But hey, aren’t billionaires cool?

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Yeah, well, I like having rights so we’ll just have to accept that everything can’t be perfect.

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Imagine living in a country where the rich are actually subject to the laws like everyone else…

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Not exactly … they still treated with special previllages, its just this is bit too much

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What special privileges are they treated with?

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What special privileges are they treated with, motherfucker?

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he was investigated over suspected “illegal crimes”

Are there any legal crimes you guys know of that I can try?

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Accepting bribes if you’re a Supreme Court justice.

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Idk, piracy and jaywalkin’…

Then there’s loitering?

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TFW: A writer gets paid by the word…

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Anything with a fine you can easily pay.

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Lobbying is just corruption with a different name.

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are you rich?

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Smh first they come for the corrupt property developers

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Fun fact: his last name means a ‘dick’ in Polish (the most vulgar version of that word).

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Not only in Polish. Pretty sure it’s most of Eastern Europe. 🤭

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