Lmst

As yet another abusive man in the public eye comes to light, a train of thought occurred to me.

When I was a teenager I went through a short period of petty crime, mainly shoplifting very cheap items. I once got caught pinching a Mars bar and just being caught scared the shite out of me and that period ended.

That got me thinking about what makes certain people tick and why they think they can do what they want and not work in the same framework and social construct as the rest of us?

Any person with the slightest amount of empathy, remorse or even fear would take the opportunity of being protected by those in power to examine their behaviour and recognise their privilege.

Perhaps make amends within the bounds of "not getting caught" and at least do better from then on, even if just to keep being worth something to those in power who protected them.

But our society just seems to keep producing and rewarding monsters who see being caught out and then protected as some sort of green light to carry on and even escalate horrific behaviour.

I am afraid I have no answers here, apart from guillotines or at the very least taxation and somehow making the media honest.

#Walliams