laws are for the poor
But you'll get more internet virtue points phrasing it your way.
Being poor and poorly connected, in the real world, are basically the same thing.
One could not be poor but still be poorly connected
>"Yeah, one of those days, I was smoking a joint after leaving my shift as a janitor in a hospital and the police took me. If I hadn't called my cousin Billy in the <next town over> police department and had him vouch for my good character I would be out bail money and a fat fine" - tons of people with LEO connections
The fact that this wasn't obvious says a lot about HN's interactions with government.