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This is the second time you've said basically this same thing in this thread. I want to know your reasoning. In your mind, how does living in an oppressive reg
by buzzerbetrayed 6y ago
This is the second time you've said basically this same thing in this thread. I want to know your reasoning. In your mind, how does living in an oppressive regime allow you to blatantly disobey the law in another, non-oppressive regime.
- valuearb 6y agoBecause they aren’t violating Canadian laws. They are evading onerous Chinese capital controls instituted by an oppressive regime.
- avisser 6y agoRussian oligarchs probably aren't violating UK laws if they buy property in London either. But I'm fine with laws that make it harder for them. The assumption I make when reading these stories mirrors what I think when I hear the phrase "Russian oligarch" - I'm envisioning connected and well-to-do Chinese who've profited off the authoritarian system they have. I may be wrong in that assumption. But you are assuming that they are victims, rather than co-conspirators in that regime.
- valuearb 6y agoBenjamin Franklin: "it is better a hundred guilty persons should escape than one innocent person should suffer." Otto von Bismarck: "it is better that ten innocent men suffer than one guilty man escape." I guess I know with who your views on justice align.