| ▲ | watwut an hour ago | |
> it is also one of the reasons why wealthy people are convicted less often. A teenager posting own photo and getting away with it is massively different then a rich guy raping a girl and getting away with it. Or, rich guy getting away with outright frauds with thousands of victims. > While it often delivered as a narrative of wealth corrupting the system, the reality is that usually what they are buying is the justice that we all should have. This is not true. Epstein did not got "justice we all should have". Trump did not got "justice we all should have". People pardoned by Trump did not got "justice we all should have". Wall Street and billionaires are not getting justice we all should have either. All these people are getting impunity and that is not what we all should have. | ||
| ▲ | croon an hour ago | parent [-] | |
You're right, it's not a two tier system, it's (at least) a three tier system, where the middle tier is getting the "correct" justice, and the low tier unfavorable and the high tier preferential. The pardons (the non-purchased ones) were not out of charity to the pardonees but to foster future behavior beneficial to the pardoner. | ||