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by gdhbcc 2422 days ago
Thats a good way of ensuring laws only supply to the weakest in society.

"If you imprison me my very large company will shut down and everyone there will lose their jobs. Guess you can't imprison me now, since that will cause more harm than letting me go" - any rich person

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Unless the person being imprisoned can actually show a net reduction in jobs, this doesn't follow.