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My Wife and I Got Rousted by the Cops

'It's the Law'—the mating call of authoritarians, psychopaths, Karens, and losers everywhere. (DN 4.YX)

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Christopher Cook
Jun 04, 2025
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People who want power are attracted to positions of power.

Could any statement be more obviously true? It’s like saying People who like to eat fish tend to go to seafood restaurants. Of course they do. If you create positions that allow a person to boss around other people, people who like to boss around other people are going to be drawn to those positi…

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