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Re:Show HN: Full text search on 630M US court cases by citizenkeen on Saturday February 19, 2022 @04:27PM (#30400685)
> Only a real weirdo would do that here, in part because it involves time and money.

I think your parent's point is that money isn't an issue for the rich. A billionaire doesn't care that it costs $150 to find out, they don't care that it costs a $1,000 to find out. So suddenly information becomes a class issue. Either it should be available to nobody or everybody, money shouldn't factor into it.

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Re:Show HN: Full text search on 630M US court cases by manquer on Saturday February 19, 2022 @05:59PM (#30401341)
i don't think that's a valid argument.

A lot of policies or laws don't affect billionares the same way. We don't fine speeding tickets based on income like norway. Nobody is changing any laws to make it proportional impact on billionares.

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