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Who, if anyone, is above the law? In a perfect utopian society, of course the answer would be simple.

Me! Finally, the evil King Cummins can do as he pleases, and the world will bow down to bare evil and cooperate it.

But seriously, who is above the law? In a perfect society, no one will be above the law.

Everyone will be treated the same by the legal system, rich, poor, and in-between.

Every race, every nationality, identity, people of every kind of job from the menial labor to the leader of the nation.

But we don't live in a perfect world, and sometimes it does sure seem like there are people who are literally above the law, like really wealthy people.

A 2018 study showed that wealthy people are more likely to believe that they are above the law than the rest of us.

Dacker Keltner, a psychologist and professor from the University of Berkeley who has spent years studying the effects of wealth, power, and privilege, told the Washington Post that the negative impact of power is the most reliable law of human nature.

How unfortunate. What's that saying? Power corrupts. And absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Keltner's research has shown that holding a higher social class is a major predictor of increased unethical behavior, what a bummer.

In a 2012 study, he did Keltner observed a four-way stop and found that people driving more expensive vehicles were more likely to ignore the traffic laws of a four-way stop and take the right away, even if they were pedestrians needing to cross or in the process of crossing another people.

Another study asked 129 individuals to compare their finances with people with lower or higher incomes.

While the participants did this, the researchers brought in a jar of candy that they said was meant for children in another study.

But that the participants could take some if they wanted. The researchers observed that participants who felt richer and more proud of their financial status took more candy than others.

And you know what? They deserved it. They worked their fucking ass out the rich. And it'll take as much candy as they want to. King Commons would take all of the candy.

Give me the children's candy. Let me devour the pleasure.

But seriously, that's so messed up. Aside from broad demographic groups, there are also various individuals who seem to believe the law doesn't apply to them. People for whatever reason who act as though they will never get caught.

Maybe they think they're too powerful to ever be taken down. For many years, Richard Nixon was definitely one of those people. Like we have audio evidence of him saying shit that proves that lots of audio evidence in addition to so many witnesses.

The California native who first came to Washington DC in the 1950s as a representative in Congress then grew in power and influence eventually capturing the presidency in 1972.

He was not only a career politician, a former member of the Navy and a devoted husband and father and also a brilliant man in many ways, but also someone who acted criminally potentially for decades without getting caught.

Not only didn't get caught, but grew in power was rewarded for taking shortcuts. But then finally the public found out what he'd been up to when a scandal broke that tricky dick just couldn't quite totally slip out of.

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