Some people really would say "nah, I'd live/I know how to do it safely, but I can't afford the fine."
That's 0 milligrams. 0 magnesium would be "0 Mg" (pay attention to capitalisation). Or even "0mg Mg".
In binary the one on the left is meaningless, and therefore the two cannot be compared. In any base in which they can be compared, the one on the left is smaller.
Some people really would say "nah, I'd live/I know how to do it safely, but I can't afford the fine."