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Words and promises are abstract and very malleable. Basing you life on them is like standing on quicksand. But Results are measurable, and happen in the "real-world". They are not just another narrative, but the only standard to measure by.

This guy Hanlon is a "fluff-merchant". You deserve to be the victim of very repeated scam, if you listen to him.

Hanlon is the reason behind every indifference, corruption and righteousness. It is the loophole whereby real justice is always defeated. In other words "token justice" is severe, the blacks are in prison, and the mini-scams are held to account. But major corporate and political malfeasance is always exonerated, and even made into a hero. I believe the 2-3 landmark cases in corruption are less than 1% of the actual. How can you possibly know the true extent when the investigative branch is continually de-funded? These criminals are "too-big to fall", and they cannot be prosecuted.

Whereas the law, (if it were meant to improve the situation), would state that if you wrong a person you'll be brought to justice. But if you have taken on the Public Trust, and wrong 100 million people, at the very least you should pay treble damages. Jail terms should be tripled for public betrayal. Thirty years is a good median. Taken out of circulation.

It is not that I am vindictive. This is the only way to stop the circus that is called public service. I thought Meng Wanzhou's detention in Canada held promise. A chief financial officer was being prosecuted for a corporate misdeed. It was the precedent for breaking the corporate shield for personal fraud of American CEO's. But it came to nothing.

By the way, a used Windows 10 computer can be operated without a Micro-Soft ID. I am writing on one now. You can have a Windows trial version. It is just an authorization that you make right on your own computer, comes due every 6 months or so. I would never operate with a Microsoft ID, nor an Apple ID, nor even a Google ID, an any but the most innocuous situation involving my legacy identity.

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I share your sentiment, but I am skeptical about the solution. I just put the full length post about it onto my to-do list 😉

As for Windows, the solution was simple: I bought the Pro version and installed everything with a local account. The trouble I saved was worth the price.

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