[nico]

> the legal system only punishes general public, while most of these guys are above it

It’s because the legal system is not about justice, it’s about money

Most people can’t afford lawyers or expensive legal battles

On the other hand, individuals and organizations with a lot of money get to weaponize and exploit the legal system to their advantage

“To my friends, anything; to my enemies, the law”

[btown]

At the risk of wading into politics - consider a legal environment, in any country, where laws become increasingly strict, but where prosecutorial discretion, pardon powers, and a justice system designed to allow well-resourced law firms to delay cases indefinitely, are all transparently used for political purposes. Such an environment could easily exhibit a feedback loop that allows justice to be arbitrary and opposition voices to be silenced.

I'll refrain from value judgments on the above - but for heaven's sake, we're on a site called "Hacker News." We should understand that a machine like this could turn on any one of us in an instant for any reason.