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I recall people very confidently saying he would never be prosecuted for his political ties.
by laidoffamazon 3y ago
I recall people very confidently saying he would never be prosecuted for his political ties.
- Analemma_ 3y agoThose same people have effortlessly pivoted to saying that 25 years is a slap on the wrist (I'd like to see them stay locked in a prison for 25 years to demonstrate they actually believe this).
- MattGaiser 3y agoThose people have pivoted to claiming either that a pardon is imminent or that 25 years is a weak penalty.
- stronglikedan 3y agoPeople say things all the time. That's not relevant to this story, and is kind of flamebaity.
- laidoffamazon 3y agoIndeed they do, including on this very website https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33717992 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33717992
- petertodd 3y ago...and enough people pointing that out, and making it clear that they are outraged by the possibility of that happening, makes it harder to get away with him avoiding prosecution because of his political ties. This is likely an example of free speech and free press working to overcome corruption to achieve justice.
- ceejayoz 3y agoSo, any result would've been evidence of corruption? ("This is good news for Bitcoin.")
- petertodd 3y agoI think we can look at SBF's political ties and make a reasonable guess at how likely it was that there were people trying to get him a deal with minimal jail time. You don't need specific evidence of that to say it was likely happening; the outcome is obvious evidence that if that was happening, the attempts failed. Not sure why you are bringing up Bitcoin; SBF's business didn't have much to do with Bitcoin, beyond it being one of many methods used to deposit and withdraw funds.
- laidoffamazon 3y agoThis sounds like a pretty startling goalpost shift.
- petertodd 3y agoAs I said: "This is likely an example of free speech and free press working to overcome corruption to achieve justice." I used the word "likely" for a reason.
- CodeWriter23 3y agoThe regime occasionally must sacrifice one of its own to grant the appearance of fairness to its politically-motivated prosecutions of its opponents.
- laidoffamazon 3y agoSounds unfalsifiable
- golergka 3y agoNot a true Scotsman after all, eh?
- vuln 3y agoYou ain’t seen nothing yet. Those ties are what’s going to get his sentence commuted by Biden.
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