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Musk: violates a federal law by giving away a cool million every day until election day
Feds: "let's fine that guy $10,000, that seems like a pretty serious amount for a fine"
If the consequence of violating a law is a fine, that law is essentially optional for the rich; if the consequences of violating a law is prison time, but the penalties can be avoided through (expensive) legal protection, those laws are also for the rich. The rich are hard to prosecute under the law, and the law is primarily enforced on the rest of us (esp. on the most vulnerable of us).