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> Nah, it's more that you do not fuck with the money system. Isn't a common critique of the justice system that white-collar crime gets you less prison time (i
by dmix 2y ago
> Nah, it's more that you do not fuck with the money system.
Isn't a common critique of the justice system that white-collar crime gets you less prison time (in nicer jails) than being for ex a drug dealer?
Plenty of finance scammers and conmen who stole millions get <5-10yr sentences
- insane_dreamer 2y agoyes, unless you're a big enough finance scammer that you stole from really rich people (most scammers who steal millions don't get it from the very rich)
- mattmaroon 2y agoPeople have gone to jail for longer for selling weed, I think the argument that finacial crimes get you longer prison sentences is absurd.
- insane_dreamer 2y agoI didn't say financial crimes in general, I specifically said financial crimes on a level that impact a large number of very rich people.
- mattmaroon 2y agoBut even then the times aren't longer than someone who gets caught with a 100 grams of coke. Skilling got 12 years for a financial fraud so heinous the whole system was re-regulated. You get that for selling crack on the corner.
- insane_dreamer 2y agoThere’s no question that the “war on drugs” sentencing is ridiculously out of proportion with the actual harm done, especially if you’re not white or upper class. I was making a comparison between types of financial crimes.
- mattmaroon 2y agoI mean if you’re saying bigger financial crimes get larger than smaller ones, ok?
- DrillShopper 2y agoIn those cases it's not about how much they stole but who they stole from? Steal the pensions and other retirement funds of millions? At worst, slap on the wrist. Steal a single dollar from a single billionaire? Hope you like solitary, buddy.
- johnnyanmac 2y agoYup, these numbers are high, but just check out decades of wage theft and you realize it's only legal to steal from the poor.