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Safe as Milk

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2. What they already stole is never enough. That appears to be a natural outcome.

Reply to Turbineguy (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 31, 2025, 12:23 PM

6 hrs ago

Once people grant to themselves the authority to take from others, they accumulate the kind of power that can only be regenerated by repetition of theft. They simply cannot spontaneously reform their ways and feel relieved that they amassed a fortune without accountability and call it good. They thirst for more. Always.

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Kleptocrats don't know there's limits to how much you can steal. Turbineguy 6 hrs ago #1

What they already stole is never enough. That appears to be a natural outcome. Safe as Milk 6 hrs ago #2