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Pretty sure "only have to obey the law if you're not chummy with the cops" is the opposite of democratic.
by taneq 6y ago
Pretty sure "only have to obey the law if you're not chummy with the cops" is the opposite of democratic.
- kelnos 6y agoNot sure where you're reading that I said it wasn't; I completely agree with you. But if my choices are living in a society where some people evade punishment by being buddies with the cops, or a society where cops routinely stop people for no reason other than a shakedown for a bribe, I'd pick the first option every time. The original comment bizarrely asserted that bribery is more democratic than the cop-buddy system; that's what I was responding to. I'd of course prefer a third choice where neither of these things happen.