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bombcar 32 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: A walking tour of surveillance infrastructure in S...

You have to deal with the judgement-proof somehow.

There’s effectively two sets of laws - one for those with something to lose (fines, etc) and one for those with nothing to lose.

Gigachad 32 days ago [–]

It’s still the same. If you steal something and have no money you lose the item and get some small penalty, perhaps a day in jail. If there is absolutely no chance you’d get away with it, everyone quickly realises there is no point.

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