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I mean, I'm glad that white collar crime is prosecuted, and I don't think the majority of people in prisons are "like SBF and Holmes". I just want to roll back
by throwaway894345 4y ago
I mean, I'm glad that white collar crime is prosecuted, and I don't think the majority of people in prisons are "like SBF and Holmes". I just want to roll back policing to pre-BLM levels.
- dheera 4y agoI mean, I'm selfish. SBF didn't cause me to lose money. He isn't even remotely on my radar. You know who did? The fucker who broke into my car last year and stole $5000 worth of stuff. What's that guy doing? Roaming the streets breaking and smashing more cars, probably, considering the police dropped the case.
- throwaway894345 4y agoI get it, but (1) we don't have to choose and (2) if we don't prosecute white collar crime you will eventually lose money to it.
- it_citizen 4y agoWhite collar damages are more indirect but they hurt society just as much if not more. Imagine how much better US cities would be if the white collars that pushed oxicontin and fentanyls by corrupting doctors, officials and insurance companies had been more scared of consequences. But no, most of them still roam free.
- throwaway894345 4y agoI haven't followed closely, but what laws were broken in this case? Would stiffer penalties or more aggressive prosecution have landed these guys in jail? (I'm not arguing against your larger point about the damages of white collar crime, I'm just curious about these examples)