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(2,600 posts)And, sometimes, corrupt people are exposed for their fraudulent activities and perfidy. Most time, though, I believe the wealthy and powerful are not.
F. Scott Fitzgerald recognized that "the rich are different from you and me", and that was not a simplistic statement as some have maintained. People like the Trumps and Kushners of the world are different. They live in a bubble of pampered opulence with no care or concern for anyone or anything beyond their own selves and the life under the dome their wealth has built around them to shield them from "the rest" of the world and its cares and concerns. Trump and Kushner believed they were immune from things because they were used to that in their gilded cocoons. They're getting a dose of reality now, but that doesn't mean that they'll ever face recompense. I'd like to believe they would and I'll keep hoping fervently that they will, but I am singularly unoptimistic about those chances. Nixon got his comeuppance, but then Nixon was not ever a member of the ruling class such as Trump, Kushner and the rest of the wealthy GOP leaders of the protectorate who will be steadfast in their resolve to preserve their status quo.