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		eeZah7Ux on Dec 11, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Uber exec in March: “we shouldn’t be hitting thing... > corporations can commit crimes with far less disincentives (i.e. punishments) than people And that's exactly by design. Wealthy people own corporations and pay lobbists to stay above the law.

longerthoughts on Dec 11, 2018 [–]

Lobbyists, by definition, are used to try to influence legislation (i.e. shape laws), not avoid prosecution once laws have been broken.

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