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application of law is politicized and protects status quo power
by wahnfrieden 4y ago
application of law is politicized and protects status quo power
- logicchains 4y agoIf you or me lie to Congress, we go to jail. If the head of the FBI lies to Congress about spying on Americans (as demonstrated by the Snowden revelations), nothing happens.
- mikrotikker 4y agoI think you mean NSA right? James Klapper?
- wolverine876 4y agoWhat does that mean? It's at least somewhat politicized and protects the status quo, but it's clearly not entirely such - powerful status quo people go to jail and suffer other penalties. The meaningful question is, how and in what ways is it true, and who what where and when? And what shall we do about it?
- wahnfrieden 4y agoShow me the Fortune 500 employers in jail for billions in wage theft vs those in jail for single digit dollar property theft from those same companies
- wahnfrieden 4y agoas for what to do about it, anarchism (against state and capital) makes a compelling case over incremental policy reform