THE RITZ - A WELL KNOWN PRISON FOR THE FUCKING RICH
I’ll tell you what takes the piss, when the poor are imprisoned or punished for anything, it is (sometimes quite rightly) an actual punishment. But when the rich are being punished, house arrest means lounging around in mansions with acres of land, and being ‘imprisoned’ is being kept in the luxury of the Ritz hotel. I mean, for fuck’s sake, this makes no sense.
Saudi Arabian authorities have arrested hundreds of people in connection with corruption and fraud, suggesting that at least $100 billion has been embezzled or misused. These are some of the richest businessmen and princes in the country, with their net worth estimated from $110 MILLION to $16.8 BILLION. Although the official report is of corruptions there have been murmurs of a conspiracy that this is not the only reason for the arrests. It is rumored that their way to escape these AWFUL CONDITIONS of the Ritz and other five star hotels, is through bribes. You pay, you leave.
This is all so warped, because obviously if you’ve illegally gained and maintained a very large amount of money, money is the only way to escape? And the amount of money corresponds with how well you are taken care of while punished?!
What a shining example of how differently the rich are treated. What a fuck up.
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