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This isn't necessarily contradictory. A government can choose not to prosecute certain crimes, such as property crimes targeting lower classes or crimes committ

This isn't necessarily contradictory. A government can choose not to prosecute certain crimes, such as property crimes targeting lower classes or crimes committed by certain social groups, while cracking down on what it perceives as a threat to its power. I'm not saying that this is happening in the UK now, but every piece of news I hear about it is less than great, to say the least.

dgroshev 1y ago
Where do you get those news from, precisely? Who has influence over what does and doesn't get seen? I will just link instead of re-typing the same points: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44711336 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44711336