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  • PalimpsestNavigator@midwest.social
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    2 months ago

    I’ll never understand people begging to stylishly go to prison. Who are these plastic, dead-eyed posers? How is anyone this disconnected from the concept of stealth wealth?

    After cutting my teeth in the business world, I’ve seen people hide away money they have no right to. They take their families on extended sailing trips. They attend parties where everyone else is also wearing many thousands of dollars. Their cars are old models with aftermarket replacement parts that run like a dream. They have vacation homes in places where filming is discouraged. They don’t buy their business partners gaudy gifts like they’re courting a royal marriage.

    It’s not acceptable to evade taxes and hoard money (my money no longer allows deals with such people), but if you’re going to do all that nonsense why choose to go tell on yourself?

    • oni ᓚᘏᗢ@lemmy.world
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      I think that the gift given to the woman was a stolen car, it seems isn’t the first time that happens to she. I didn’t understood either.

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        2 months ago

        Purchased with stolen money by a simp trying to buy the affection of a model who was born into wealth and already owned a Lamborghini.

        To be fair, that response is poor enough grammatically that you could argue it’s ambiguous but I think the vibe translates well enough.