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  • Elizabeth Warren was a Republican who thought people used bankruptcy as a means of escaping personal liability.

    Warren later recalled that she had begun her research believing that most people filing for bankruptcy were either working the system or had been irresponsible in incurring debts, but that she concluded that such abuse was in fact rare and that the legal framework for bankruptcy was poorly designed, describing the way the research challenged her fundamental beliefs as “worse than disillusionment” and “like being shocked at a deep-down level”.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Warren

    It was after that Elizabeth Warren moved to become more progressive about how bankruptcy laws and financial regulations.

    Widely regarded as a progressive, she was previously a registered Republican, changing her registration to Democrat in 1996. According to Warren, in the six presidential elections she voted in before 1996, she cast her ballot for just one GOP nominee—Gerald Ford in 1976. Her conservatism at the time was not rooted in social issues like abortion or gay rights, but rather on economic policy.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Elizabeth_Warren



  • I would argue that the Epstein files is a threat of democracy. There is a sizeable part of the elite class was alllowed to committ heinous crimes against vulnerable victims. These people will never face justice as long as the Epstein files are confidential.

    You can’t have a three tier justice system in a democractic system. First tier, is “Fuck you, you’re going to jail forever”, second tier is “We’re going to slap you on the wrist, don’t do it again.” Third tier is “Don’t worry, you’ll never be held responsible”.

    A functional democracy needs to have a functional justice system.