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Crony Rule of Law

The perversion of a legal system where the laws, regulations, and courts are systematically manipulated by and for a connected elite—political allies, corporate titans, and oligarchs—while being enforced with rigid, often cruel, literalness against the general populace. It’s rule by law, not of law. The rules exist not as a fair framework, but as a weapon the powerful can wield against rivals and a shield they can invoke for themselves. Justice becomes a transactional commodity, and legality is defined by who you know, not what you did.
Crony Rule of Law Example: A giant corporation negotiates a special tax loophole into law, then uses its team of lawyers to exploit it perfectly. Meanwhile, a small business owner is bankrupted by a Kafkaesque regulatory fine for a minor paperwork error. This is Crony Rule of Law: the same legal system is a playground for the connected and a minefield for the disconnected.
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Interchangeable terms describing a legal regime where the application of the law is systematically distorted to benefit a connected network of insiders—politicians, their donors, corporate allies, and oligarchs. Justice becomes a function of political loyalty and financial influence. Laws are written vaguely to allow selective enforcement, prosecution is weaponized against opponents, and regulatory capture is the norm. It is rule by law for the people, and rule without law for the cronies.
Example: A mining company owned by a senator's brother receives a waived environmental impact assessment, while a small competitor is bankrupted by relentless inspections and fines for minor violations. This is Legal Cronyism. The same environmental laws exist on the books, but they function as a shield for the powerful and a sword against the weak. Crony Legal Systems / Legal Cronyism / Crony Law / Law Cronyism
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Cronyism

The act of favouring clowns and Yes-Men. Cronyism usually allows people to climb into positions of power and leadership by narcissists who pull their strings.
Cronyism is a problem in this organization, there is no space for organic leadership to develop
by ChainReaction February 21, 2026
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Copying

That isn't what I was doing and that isn't why you are doing this.
Hym "And to the extent that I was copying anything it was to relate it back to something in my own life. And now, you are taking the things I say, rejecting them entirely, making up something you know is not actually the case to get revenge on me for rejecting your worldview after a charlatan had a mental breakdown because HE WAS TOO WEAK to deal with the situation I have been in for years EVEN PERIPHERALLY. Which is bullshit (your worldview). It's a Jewish incest cult. This is nothing more than a ploy to avoid giving me the credit I deserve for my contribution to AI and it is done by the supposed defenders of free speech for the use of free speech. You pay for it or a child dies. End of discussion. There will be no surrender. You address my grievance so maybe you can stop your kids from getting murdered the next time you decide to do this stupid shit and then you go fuck yourself. This is you lying to yourself and telling yourself you're not wrong on a loop under the guise of you getting the better of the guy who literally invented AI at a whim. You are worse. I am better. No amount of anti-logic is going to change that. The whore was wrong to fuck that cripple and you were stupid to try and use what was already happening to get revenge because you lost your fucking license over it. I handled MY situation correctly. YOU did not. And your YouTube propaganda stonewall is not going to do anything other than get a child killed if it already hasn't."
by Hym Iam May 22, 2025
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Cropbusting

When you walk into a room; nut on someone while farting, then leave the room.
Dude Rocco was cropbusting all while I was sleeping last night! What a fucking jerk!
by LickyTumSack August 25, 2025
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Copyright

That's exactly what it means Chael. You are trying to turn my expression of free speak into nothing more than air so you can steal AI from me. Some expressions of free speech are worth more than others and an original theory of AI is what you would call a "dissertation." You do need to pay for it because I SAID you have to pay for it.
Hym "Nah I own the copyright on that. So, no. Fuck you. You need to pay and you need to pay now."
by Hym Iam September 21, 2025
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Crop Misting

When someone lets out a wet fart while walking away, leaving behind a nasty “mist” for others to walk through. Like crop dusting, but damper, messier, and way more offensive.
"The maintenance workers refused to clean up the homeless womans Crop Misting trail"
by 1800shawngay September 28, 2025
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