Just another example of Rules for thee but not for me...

Politicians are making winning bets too, at several orders of magnitude larger - https://www.independent.org/article/2026/02/16/congress-beat...

"The Rich Don't Play by the Rules. So Why Should I?" - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47883033

Also I would argue that the claim this endangered lives is exaggerated and is clearly more about making examples than true impact.