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INCORPORATION, n. The act of uniting several persons into one fiction called a corporation, in order that they may be no longer responsible for its actions. A, B and C are a corporation. A robs, B steals and C (it is necessary that there be one gentleman in the concern) cheats. It is a plundering, thieving, swindling corporation. But A, B and C, who have jointly determined and severally executed every crime of the corporation, are blameless. It is wrong to mention them by name when censuring their acts as a corporation, but right when praising.

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Incorporation,” “Devil’s Dictionary” column, San Francisco Wasp (1885-10-03)

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Nonilex Jan 2

It heralded a culture of political #unaccountability, in which people who violently attacked #Congress & beat #police officers escaped without lasting consequence. The politicians & pundits who had egged on the attack with their #lies escaped, as well. The aftermath of #Jan6 made the #Republican Party even more feckless, beholden to one man & willing to pervert reality to serve his interests.

#law #Trump #unfit #insurrection #criminal #conspiracy #democracy #Constitution

Bandersnatch Mar 21, 2025

#AI is the ultimate in #unaccountability.

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Maria De Agosto Nov 19, 2024

An update of human rights and values: pious empty words and massive military and media support when the perpetrators of such crimes are states above international law and human decency. No matter how horrendous their actions

#waronchildren #WestBank #warcrimes #crimesagainsthumanity #genocide #Cisjordânia #unaccountability

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/19/west-bank-children-killed-unprecedented-rate

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earthling Jul 17, 2024

@Blinxeto @palestine

#LandGrab
#BloodLust
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#WhiteSupremacy
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Sometimes I fail, but I want to be a gracious human being despite the perpetual stresses of systemic #heterosexism and #cisheterosexism - and the direct conscious and unconscious face-to-face heterosexism - and I often think "la bave du crapaud n'atteint pas la blanche colombe." 🕊

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Kevin Karhan

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@Lacci @mcc that's because the fash know to weaponize the press and broker on the #unaccountability that the #ConsequenceFreeSpeech culture in the #USA fosters...