The slack has a compounding effect Like, sure public perception isn't immediately bad when someone is perceived as wealthy But the immediate and long term con

The slack has a compounding effect Like, sure public perception isn't immediately bad when someone is perceived as wealthy But the immediate and long term consequences are very different whether people went along with it or not People can have louder and wilder public opinions when they aren't beholden to current/future employment or even advertising dollars Even convicted people that do not need employment are able to just go back to whatever they were doing. They are not marginalized. Even before conviction they can pay fines and settlements and make it orders of magnitude more expensive for prosecution to even mount a case