Matt Gaetz is in the news right now. Allegedly, this started when one of his friends, a Florida Tax collector named Joel Greenberg libeled a fellow named Brian Beute who was Greenberg's rival for the Tax collector job. The investigation showed the two of them, allegedly, using public money to buy sex and companionship with young women. Allegedly, in 2018, taking a then 17 year old (under age) across state lines to a resort in the Bahamas.
Whether or not all that is legal or not, this represents the above the law attitude I call modern privateering. This behavior is not new. Wealthy, entitled, privileged, ruthless affluenzia men & their victims, have been doing this sort of thing for centuries. It is the kind of thing that is illegal for everyone else.
I guess getting elected while hearing jokes about being an incels + power, virtually guaranteed this kind of thing.
