Indeed, why do you have such weirdly conflicting opinions? Or are you somehow not "HN", but everyone else is one uniform mass without individual opinions?
it's perfectly consistent. punishment should be proportional to the scale of crime. laundering money is a bigger crime than stealing chewing gum, as it affects way more people. the restitution is harder and the responsibility greater. greater breaches of trust should result in greater punishments. white collar crimes are always bigger and broader than blue collar crimes.
bankrupting an executive means downsizing the house and car and laying low for a bit, not being made homeless with dim prospects for the future as happens with the lower classes.
