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It's like no law is upholded unless you have lawyers.

That's the entire idea of what has been lobbied and constructed over generations. The wealthy have access to infinite appeals, have their crimes categorized as "white collar" so they might do a few years for stealing millions or billions if they happen to suffer the miscarriage of justice actually finding them guilty, while port saps stealing corn nuts from the grocer get far longer sentences. The system is working for exactly whom wrote it's laws, no strange coincidence historically in any global setting.

Reading about the consternation in the US about what would happen had trump been given a sentence after having been found guilty during the run-up to the election was a good primer on how warped things are. Many could only express concern for how Trump's life should be able to go on as normal regardless of a "justice" system if guilty and elected. The simple answer, long forgotten since kindergarten, is that there have to be consequences for actions. It's been laid incredibly bare there no longer are. The US either starts to take them back ala South Koreas's new administration or fully embrace failed, corrupt state membership.