_Maxolotl

_Maxolotl t1_iso7enm wrote

Jewels are valuable because people are vapid. Jewel thieves are literally the least bad kind of thief there is.

A store like this exists because somebody wants to show off how rich they are by wearing something useless that's worth more than a college education. The industry creates small easily fungible things based on nothing but hype, and thus creates a strong motivation for thieves to target them, based on nothing but hype. Minimal sympathy here as long as nobody got hurt.

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_Maxolotl t1_isi9wjn wrote

"The NYTimes investigated why MTA construction costs were so much higher than transit construction costs anywhere else in the world, and concluded that the answer was graft and featherbedding. Do you believe them? If so, why haven't you done anything about it? If you don't believe them, what's the real reason? And if you don't have a clear answer about the real reason, what accounting and auditing failure is the reason you don't have an answer?"

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