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> Do rich men also historically get similar treatment? Or is gender also playing a role? I'm sorry, but is this a serious question? Yes, of course rich men get
by faefox 3y ago
> Do rich men also historically get similar treatment? Or is gender also playing a role?
I'm sorry, but is this a serious question? Yes, of course rich men get similar treatment. Elizabeth is not being treated with kid gloves because she's a woman, it's because she's an upper-class white-collar criminal who (at least at one point in time) had connections. This is the definition of privilege.
To offer a case in point: Andy Fastow, one of the principal architects of the Enron fraud, who wiped out the retirement savings of tens of thousands of Enron employees and did only 5 years in a minimum-security prison camp as a result.
- pseudo0 3y agoFastow took a plea deal and cooperated with the government, so that isn't really a fair comparison. The "big fish" Lay and Skilling got 45 years and 24 years respectively.
- qup 3y agoI hear you, but I don't think that's the same thing I'm talking about. We all know white-collar crime isn't punished harshly. How long after Andy Fastow's sentencing did he get to remain free?