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The rule of law was a real thing for much of American history, and it's a real thing in many other countries. If we want it back, we can't be tricked into think
by jimrandomh 11y ago
The rule of law was a real thing for much of American history, and it's a real thing in many other countries. If we want it back, we can't be tricked into thinking this problem is in any way universal or inevitable.
- davidw 11y agoThere have always been problems in the US and elsewhere. It's a continual fight. Saying "woe is us, it's all rotten, we can't do anything" is capitulating in the worst sort of way to those who would take away our rights.
- happyscrappy 11y ago"woe is us, it's all rotten, we can't do anything" is the motto of the current generation and self fulfilling.
- Frondo 11y agoOh my god YES, the cynicism in politics and about the process is the quickest, surest way to guarantee that the people who hold those attitudes will be proven right. "Those politicians are all the same, there's no point in voting or being politically active, it's all going to hell, etc." It's so not true, and it's just the kind of disempowering disregard for one's own agency that anyone who's greedy for power would love to hear. Man, when I hear that shit now, I just want to shake those people and say, "YOU'RE THE PROBLEM!!" You're right, it is a continual fight. It never ends. There's no final set of laws or behaviors we're going for. The process is what matters.
- gohrt 11y agoIt's not binary. The rule of law has quite often failed to protect the legal rights of Black Americans, for example. (even laying aside the historical problems when rule of law didn't even provide legal rights.)
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- laotzu 11y ago>The rule of law was a real thing for much of American history When was that?