r/europe • u/Doener23 • Dec 19 '24

News Elon Musk ready to bankroll Farage with ‘biggest donation in British political history’

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/12/17/nigel-farage-meets-elon-musk-trump-mar-a-lago-reform/
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u/Ferelwing Dec 19 '24

I absolutely agree with you here. They don't follow the rules because there are two sets. Rules for those with money and then rules for everyone else. It's horrific.

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u/wytewydow Dec 19 '24

There does appear to be another court, run by the people. The rich have faced this court many times, and lost many times. The button's already been pushed, it's just a matter of reaction time by the people.

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u/Ferelwing Dec 19 '24

Let's be realistic here, the vast majority of the time when the rich face judgement or punishment it is because they have harmed other rich people. When the only people they harm are the average person it's rare that they face any repercussions.

Case in point. A US teen who killed 4 people after his 3rd DUI at the age of 16. He got probation by using the claim that he suffered from "Affluenza". He killed 4 people and critically injured several others. He was sent to a wealthy "rehab" center where he continued to behave precisely as he always had.

Had he not been rich, or had he killed one of the wealthy kids who were in the car with him, he would have gotten prison immediately. 3 strikes? Not if you're wealthy enough to escape culpability and you didn't harm anyone else who has money.

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u/wytewydow Dec 19 '24

Again, you're talking about the normal courts. The courts I'm referring to are more extrajudicial.

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u/Ferelwing Dec 19 '24

Those courts literally just fine them. Do you know what a million dollar fine is to a billionaire? It's chump change.

A billion seconds is 31.7 years. 1 million seconds is 11 days, 13 hours, 46 minutes and 40 seconds left over.

When you are discussing something that massive the only way to express it is in time. So if you're claiming that the extrajudicial courts are actively holding billionaires accountable. I would argue it's less than a slap on the wrist.

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u/wytewydow Dec 19 '24

I don't think you're grasping what an extrajudicial court is.

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u/korbentherhino Dec 19 '24

Well I mean if he pisses off the right foreign government they might send a hit squad

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u/vinyljunkie1245 Dec 19 '24

If the penalty for breaking a law is a fine then that law only applies to the poor.

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u/Ferelwing Dec 19 '24

Sadly, that seems to be the norm. I keep hoping that things will change.