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There's a pathology amongst wealthy people where they think that the law doesn't apply to them, period, and are simply shocked when it does. Some other recent
by ivraatiems 4y ago
There's a pathology amongst wealthy people where they think that the law doesn't apply to them, period, and are simply shocked when it does.
Some other recent examples of this include the lawyer Michael Avenatti going to jail for decades for stealing from his clients, and everything that has ever happened to Donald Trump.
(In my experience as a white person it is mostly other white people who think this, but I don't want to generalize.)
- techdmn 4y agoI would argue they have this belief because it is so often true. Exceptions are surprising to many people.
- ivraatiems 4y agoIt's true to an extent. It's rarely true to the extent they imagine.
- foobazgt 4y ago> (In my experience as a white person it is mostly other white people who think this, but I don't want to generalize.) How to casually stereotype without stereotyping?
- MarcoZavala 4y ago
- misiti3780 4y agoWealthy is subjective, I know, and here, on HN, it's certainly more subjective than most places, but are Stanford professors really consider wealthy? By northern california standards?
- throwawaylinux 4y agoCheck this out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index