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Re:An unemployed trader who became a $700M exile by chii on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @09:52PM (#25369053)
selective application of the law (aka, a lynchmob) has a very chilling effect on the populous. They will not take risks, nor try new innovations for fear of such reprisals.

You end up with a "can't go wrong buying IBM" mentality, but for society.

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Re:An unemployed trader who became a $700M exile by lmm on Thursday December 10, 2020 @06:19AM (#25372465)
It wasn't a case of lynch mobs - the court administration were properly appointed officials, and there were checks and balances in place (by the standards of the time). But the mentality that the rules had to be written down ahead of time and any loopholes were fair game just wasn't there.
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