Yup. There's a very real aspect of neo-aristocracy happening right now in that the law is not applied equally to all entities. Just look at the HSBC money laundering case as the perfect example. If an individual is caught in a drug money laundering scheme they go to prison for a very long time. If a major multinational bank is caught laundering literally billions in drug trafficking revenues then they get slapped with a comparatively modest fine and everything is swept under the table. Same deal if Joe Schmo doesn't pay taxes versus some major politician.
>If a major multinational bank is caught laundering literally billions in drug trafficking revenues //
That of course should read "If the personnel at a major multinational bank ..." - it's those who created and authorised the scheme, real actual people, that are getting off. It's not a vacuous idea of a corporation, the corporation didn't commit the crimes, people did.
Other than that, yes, powerful millionaires don't get put in prison for scamming the demos. Prison is only for the proles it seems.
Yes, exactly, that was my meaning. People have some weird ideas about corporations these days, but there are people behind those actions. There were people, lots of them, who knowingly broke the law, laws that would get ordinary folks thrown in prison for a period of time that would have a high probability of lasting the rest of their lives. But because it was carried out through the auspices of a major multinational bank that was "too big to fail" those people eluded punishment.
Similarly, if you or I were to install a MITM proxy that intercepted ssl traffic on someone else's laptop we would see the full weight of the criminal justice system rain down on us. But when a big company does it systematically they will almost certainly escape virtually scott free.
