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House arrest was a great idea before the internet. We call it "Netflix sentence" here.

> We call it "Netflix sentence" here.

It could be argued that the Netflix catalog nowadays is akin to some kind of torture.

I mean, to be fair, the restriction on freedom is the real punishment. I don't think anyone could honestly say that house arrest isn't genuinely undesirable, especially for rich and powerful people.

What's the point of having all that money and power if you can't actually do the things you want?

There's another layer. For rich and powerful people, being confined to one place is very dangerous. Every one of their enemies know where to send an assassin. Every lender know where to correct payment. Every burglar knows where the money is.

For socially recluse persons that is another tuesday

Social recluses do not become president of a major nation state.

Normal people, including most social recluses, also generally don't get the luxury of house arrest, so there's that.

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