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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 (in nicer jails) than being for ex a drug dealer?

Plenty of finance scammers and conmen who stole millions get <5-10yr sentences

>>dmix+(OP)
yes, 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)

>>dmix+(OP)
In 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.

>>insane+L5
People have gone to jail for longer for selling weed, I think the argument that finacial crimes get you longer prison sentences is absurd.

>>mattma+v61
I didn't say financial crimes in general, I specifically said financial crimes on a level that impact a large number of very rich people.

>>insane+Pz1
But 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.

>>DrillS+7Z
Yup, these numbers are high, but just check out decades of wage theft and you realize it's only legal to steal from the poor.

>>mattma+wZ1
There’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.

>>insane+hB2
I mean if you’re saying bigger financial crimes get larger than smaller ones, ok?