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Opinion: The unequal application of Western justice

A passer-by walks away from a Silicon Valley Bank branch location, in Wellesley, Mass., Monday, March 27, 2023. North Carolina-based First Citizens is to buy Silicon Valley Bank, the tech industry-focused financial institution that collapsed in March. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Silicon Valley Bank — A passer-by walks away from a Silicon Valley Bank branch location, in Wellesley, Mass., Monday, March 27, 2023. North Carolina-based First Citizens is to buy Silicon Valley Bank, the tech industry-focused financial institution that collapsed in March. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

During the banking crisis of 2008, taxpayers were forced to bail out large insolvent banks that were deemed by our government to be "too big to fail"