So much of the "Might Makes Right" ideology of racist Republicans can be explained by the allure of unaccountable power & crimes with impunity
The "right" to abuse the poor, migrants, PoC, and women.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/30/us/politics/affirmative-action-college-admissions-supreme-court.html
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/09/the-uncomfortable-truth-about-campus-rape-policy/538974/
The "right" to abuse children and evade accountability. Lawsuits just become a cottage industry & "cost of doing business".
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/us/illinois-catholic-church-sex-abuse.html
https://www.vox.com/culture/23131530/southern-baptist-convention-sexual-abuse-scandal-guidepost
https://apnews.com/article/california-child-sexual-assault-lawsuit-settlement-b0b80f5f6cd3fdb3882f8ba4ed78bc29
The GOP made excuses during #MeToo , the Roger Ailes / Bill O'Reilly scandal, and during Brett Kavanagh's confirmation.
For the GOP, it's never an issue of right or wrong, it is always about political or economic gain.
"Ruining a boy's future over a few youthful indiscretions" figured prominently.
https://prospect.org/labor/cultures-impunity/
https://www.equalitynow.org/news_and_insights/the-culture-of-impunity-needs-to-be-addressed/
The media framed it as "the accusers of Roger Ailes" instead of ...
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... "Roger Ailes & Bill O'Reilly - decades long sexual predators".
https://www.axios.com/2017/12/15/heres-a-list-of-all-the-oreillyailes-accusers-1513301331
Impunity culture is part of a deeply ingrained culture of public corruption
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