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The rule of law is only as strong as the people's opposition to it being broken. Of course the government flouts the law on a pretty regular basis: how many pe
by HedgeMage 15y ago
The rule of law is only as strong as the people's opposition to it being broken. Of course the government flouts the law on a pretty regular basis: how many people are willing to stand up and say "enough!" -- and I don't mean only when there is nothing to lose?
- retrogradeorbit 15y agoI agree in principle but disagree is specifics. Saying enough is enough will get you nowhere. The government will ignore whatever voice opposes it and do what it wants. And what are you going to do? Vote them out? By voting for the other wall-street backed, lobbyist owned stooge party? The big game is clearly rigged. And "the people" don't seem to have enough money and/or guns to change things. But maybe I'm wrong. I would express the underlying sentiment that I agree with as follows: the rule of law is only as strong as the belief that the legislature, executive and administration places in it. At the end of the day laws are just words on paper. It's our belief in them that makes them real. And there is less and less belief in them every day. And unfortunately the example shown, at least by many ex-colonies, is once the rule of law starts to slide it is a steady, self-fulfilling decline into bloodshed. I sure hope things can be turned around before such things, but I am far too cynical to believe in fairy tales. But I do so want to be proven wrong.