IF he does it, not only would it be a tax scheme but it would also be a kind of technofeudalism. If he behaves like a cunt on the global stage or supports russia and europe holds him accountable, he gets to turn to the american public and go “look, they’re stealing your money”

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I think it’s an extension of the Boomer idea that respect is owed because of a person’s role and hierarchical position, regardless of that person’s actual competence or reliability in that role.

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like yeah man I bet you'll love being around a grandchild who was previously told "we were gonna go to disneyland, but the law says we need to go visit your stinky grandpa".

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Yeah, I think one of the reasons my sibling and I are so well adjusted is because our parents always treated us as if we were our own individual people. (sometimes? Very STUPID people, but we were still little humans, not their property!)

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Anybody can be decent to anyone if they want to. If your relatives are asking you to be somebody else in order to have access to family, that's on them. If this struck a chord with you, please know: you are lovable. The fact that these people couldn't be bothered to love you doesn't negate that. /

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