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> A second, more pernicious possibility, is to make illegal stuff that is highly correlated with actual crimes, such that law enforcement can now arrest people
by costco 4y ago
> A second, more pernicious possibility, is to make illegal stuff that is highly correlated with actual crimes, such that law enforcement can now arrest people for innocuous as a substitute for punishing them for the real thing. Think Al Capone being done for because of taxes of all things.
I think it's mostly this. If you read their example they're basically mad that they couldn't prove that the guy ("Mr A") had a bunch of illegal money.