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The "aristocracy" has their property seized all the time, for unpaid taxes and a litany of other crimes.
by fortuna86 4y ago
The "aristocracy" has their property seized all the time, for unpaid taxes and a litany of other crimes.
- HyperSane 4y agoThose aren't the true aristocracy.
- cortesoft 4y agoNor true Scotsman, apparently.
- CPLX 4y agoI mean the definition of aristocracy is basically the people who get to make the rules. It’s the core point.
- iamdamian 4y agoWithout making a falsifiable claim about who this “aristocracy” is whose assets are the only assets protected by the police, it’s hard to test your statement or see how it provides value.
- CPLX 4y agoThey’re the ones the police don’t fuck with. Do you live in the US? It’s pretty trivial to figure out who is and isn’t allowed to drive around with large sums of money, or carry a loaded weapon, as an actual practical matter. A good way of thinking about this is to understand that there’s an in-group that the law protects but does not bind. And an out-group that the law binds but does not protect. It’s a dark vision of the world but there are many in the in-group who seek to preserve it.
- uoaei 4y ago"No true Scotsman is not Scottish" seems true, definitionally. Same applies for aristocracy: they are the ones who are served by special interests, by definition.
- indymike 4y ago> Same applies for aristocracy: they are the ones who are served by special interests, by definition I'm not sure I follow. Homeless military veterans are served by extremely well funded special interests, but are not aristocrats.
- uoaei 4y agoClearly they are not being served. That is the difference.