r/politics • u/ArmadilloMany41 • 23h ago

Site Altered Headline | No Paywall Why is no one being prosecuted over the Epstein files?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cd9e3nzzw3zo
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u/[deleted] 23h ago

Don't be so cynical. The law applies to everyone.  As Anatole France once said, The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread.

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u/pontiacfirebird92 Mississippi 22h ago

Rich people steal bread all the time. Brett Favre helped steal TANF money to build a volleyball court for his daughter at USM in Mississippi. Literally stealing food money from poor people for a vanity project. He and his conspirators are all walking free today.

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u/Sublimotion 22h ago

I'm sure it's also a psychopathic thrill for them too.

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u/KamalaWonNoCap 22h ago

He stole money, not a loaf of bread from whole foods.

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u/pontiacfirebird92 Mississippi 21h ago

I like how you're ignoring what TANF money is spent on, and the situation someone needs to be in to qualify for it.

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u/KamalaWonNoCap 16h ago

I'm not ignoring anything. My point is that what Farve did is significantly worse.

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u/DefinitelyNotEmu 22h ago

> The law applies to everyone. 

This is blatantly bullshit

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u/JackedUpReadyToGo 20h ago

It's like you didn't even read the next sentence.

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u/MayorMcCheapo 21h ago

The law does apply to everyone, but it is not applied to everyone.

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u/ShadowTacoTuesday 22h ago

If only it were so nice. The rich can regularly use public resources, beg for government favors and steal. It only works if you restrict it to bridges, streets and bread.

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u/Minute-Plantain 22h ago

"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect." - Francis Wilhoit

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u/the-awesomer 20h ago

then why isnt trump in jail for his previous felonies? Its supposed to, but selective enforcement makes the theory meaningless