Charlie Stross on Nostr: The only folks for whom house arrest isn't a punishment are those who live in palaces ...

The only folks for whom house arrest isn't a punishment are those who live in palaces with attached infinity pools and golf courses.

(Silvio Berlusconi fought off the inevitable guilty verdict until he aged past Italy's 70 year old limit for prison: then he served two years under house arrest—in his bunga-bunga mansion.)

Just as fines (with no alternative sentence) are the ticket price of wrongdoing for the wealthy rather than the punishment they are for ordinary folks.
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