I’m more surprised that people are surprised by this. Being nobility class is this: you’re free to make whatever rules you want for your subordinates, and you’re free to disregard any of them. You’re not bound by any sense of morality (whatever it might be); that’s for lower men.

What were they expecting? Obviously these people won’t comply with anything that’s imposed on the masses, especially in a society where the norms are so restrictive.

And I further suspect that the more totalitarian a country is, the more its elite will deliberately choose to go against their own rules, as this is the greatest proof of their powerful social status.

America is becoming more and more like Afghanistan.

Orban’s Hungary is in favour, after all.

We are embracing authoritarianism everywhere. Democracies are dying.

Politicians are not ignorant of the risks; as the article mentions, they had several advisors, including scientists, who warned of the danger. If our leaders didn’t know it, they wouldn’t exclude themselves from the proposal.

“Burn. Them. All.” , Hegseth

Mad King Aerys II vibes.

It’s no coincidence that they are notorious for being a tax haven for unsavory individuals with shady dealings.

No, the US would invade the Netherlands if they tried to investigate.

Of course man. Slavery is great! We need to be competitive and everyone would love it!!!

/s

Yes, but allegedly Putin has the videos of Trump. Ukraine will be sacrificed.

To be honest, I don’t really know how it works, but I really like the aesthetic.

As a Portuguese, I see the same thing. It’s funny that older people were so concerned about the possible “negative” influence of Brazilian Portuguese on Portuguese spoken in Portugal among young people, while nowadays the younger generations can’t actually speak a sentence without introducing a few English words. If there was any Brazilian influence, it was minimal.

Perhaps the Chinese will one day switch to an alphabet like Hangul or something similar. 🤣

She should have learned history.

I know that the Danes don’t think elite corruption is widespread in their country, and that’s fertile ground for corruption, since there’s no big pressure for more scrutiny. It’s no coincidence that you had the biggest corruption scandal in Europe in recent years.

This!

More like a preparation for the new night of the long knives.

It’s no surprise if you know history.

Carlson is an agent of the Kremlin. Nothing he says is genuine.

For more examples, just look at Stephen Miller’s family tree. 🤭

Ah, it’s really easy to wish for the destruction of other people’s countries.