o_O.Q said:
contestgamer said:
Some of those people worked decades, even a lifetime to get themselves in to positions of power and to sometimes take advantage of that over others. And in the past that was fair game, even applauded in society. Now they find themselves being "held accountable" as you put it for something that was acceptable in the past and for which they worked their whole lives. If we had a culture change and for example we said anybody under 50 was expected to behave a certain way going forward, but those already over 50 would not be held to the same account then I think that would be fair - a new standard for the future, but respect for the past. Because some of those over 50 were operating their entire lives on the assumption that they could live a "mad men" lifestyle without accountability, which indeed the case when they were coming up.
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"Some of those people worked decades, even a lifetime to get themselves in to positions of power and to sometimes take advantage of that over others. And in the past that was fair game, even applauded in society. "
this was the case with hitler and stalin, both popular and championed initially in their respective countries
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Not sure why we're reaching for Hitler here lol We're talking about powerful people in the past that could fix the tax system for their benefits, bribe themselves out of trouble, get off easy on charges, fire people, pay below minimum wages etc. Everyday stuff that was part of American society just a couple of decades ago.
