nothing was ever done about it. And nobody was punished. There was no, I mean, yes, we had inquiries, but they were a whitewash. And so people were angry because they felt like, think what you will about humankind, particularly in the West, there is this deep seated sense of fairness and justice and accountability that we feel. You know, we're taught our whole lives and we're taught that we live in these countries where the rule of law is paramount and that's the basis of everything that is built upon this rule of law. And so people felt that viscerally and it changed the way they felt towards power, towards their leaders. And then we had the 2008 financial crisis. And again, too many well placed people, nobody was punished for it. This is lack of punishment. And I think in Western Judeo-Christian society, there is this sense that punishment is appropriate when people transgress. And so as we've gone through, whether it be kinetic warfare, whether it be the ignoring of international (33/99)
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