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Corruption? Nah, corruption is the cause. Unlawful search and seizure, theft, and illegal detainment are the actual crimes. Time to put some badge carriers in j

• buran77 6y ago
  That's exactly what I meant. Bureaucracy is a result of large administrative systems and it's hard to avoid. Civil forfeiture (among many, many other things) is the result of massive systemic corruption at high levels. The kind of corruption that shapes every fiber of society. It's not an accident that laws don't look at the deed but rather at where the person sits in society. There's not enough room in a book, let alone a comment to show just the most obvious evidence of this. But when someone can use an "affluenza" [0] defense to kill people and get away with it, you know where that country stands. [0] https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/02/us/ethan-couch-affluenza-accused-of-probation-violation/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/02/us/ethan-couch-affluenza-...