But these special young people have futures that must be protected! And, of course, they are. And if it were just a case of some youthful indiscretions by a cossetted subset of youngsters, maybe we could be more forgiving. But the pattern extends into adulthood. Adult white-collar crime is now barely considered to be a crime at all. And for just the same sort of reasoning. Special people, you know. Privileged people. People who are above being punished. And so while our prisons overflow with the rotting dreams of the nonprivileged, white-collar criminals proceed to scam, grift and simply steal out of the hands of the less well-situated.

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And no, it doesn’t end there. Where does it end? Surprise! The current destination is the U.S. Supreme Court. And we’re not just talking about one Brett Kavanaugh here. We are talking about the long-term conservative project to populate the high court with prescreened ideologues who will rule in favor of the privileged in a way that reshapes not only how things are, but even how they can be.