Frey

After mass protests, the President of Pakistan was forced to resign, along with many other members of the ruling party.

Worldwide, hundreds of people – many rich and powerful – were arrested.

Billions in stolen assets were returned to the people.

And 82 countries changed their laws to crack down on the wealth hoarding the papers revealed.

(Source here)

To say the Panama Papers accomplished nothing is an insult to Daphne Galizia’s memory. Her work, and the work of the hundreds of other journalists who contributed to the Papers, changed the world.

Disinformation like this is designed to discourage you, to make you feel you’re powerless against the monsters of the world. They want you to feel that way, because they are terrified of your power to make change.

Even when that’s not going on, the big difference in perspective I see is this:

A. It’s suspect when adults interact with minors except for me: I’m one of The Good Ones™. Here are the simple ways you can detect fundamentally bad people. No good person would do this list of things. I care about you, and that’s why I want to protect you. Our Kind of People has a responsibility to be better than others and set a good example.

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B. I don’t care about the feelings of strangers. It’s not my job to be a good example to randos. Think for yourself, and don’t blindly trust anybody, including me. Cross generational friendships are fine, but it’s (mostly) your own responsibility to keep yourself safe if you’re a teenager and not a five-year-old. If your childhood sucked, that’s sad, but it’s not randos’ job to re-parent you.

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