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But that is not what the parent comment to yours was arguing. He wasn't asking for the maximum available penalty, he was just saying that, in essence, justice should be blind, and criminal penalties should not be lessened based on the wealth or power of the convicted.

Using your own example, he was basically saying that if someone with "a tiny startup with $100k" was guilty of the same crime, he should face the same penalties as Musk.