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Why is Musk stealing / defrauding >$1million from his landlord not a felony?

• wpietri 4y ago
  “The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal loaves of bread” One of the things I've learned from Ken White (aka Popehat) is that the more a behavior is something only a rich or powerful person might do, the more flexible the laws. E.g., tax fraud is a "specific intent" crime, where they have to prove that your intention was tax fraud. Or we can look at how wage theft is treated vs the same amount of normal theft.
  • selimthegrim 4y ago
    ooh ooh do honest services next
• borski 4y ago
  His landlord can evict him and/or sue him (well, Twitter, not him) for the back rent. Whether they will or not is a separate issue, but that’s technically something his landlord could do.