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You still forgot about the bail system, or a law system where everyone with deep enough pockets can sue anyone else for a sum that's impossible to defend for -
by endymi0n 9y ago
You still forgot about the bail system, or a law system where everyone with deep enough pockets can sue anyone else for a sum that's impossible to defend for - or civil forfeiture, where law enforcement can take someone's money just like that if they have "reason to believe it was used in conjunction of a crime" and let them have to disprove it. Without money and against the word of two police officers of course.
After which you'll go to a private prison and stay there forever because you're now a bad guy and make lots of profit for the prison company, with 50+% margins on all money going in and nowhere else to go.
It's all an exercise in capitalism running amok.
The US got what they went for: The best government money can buy.