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To spell out something I think you're saying: if you want people to use the legislative and judicial systems to deal with abuses by the rich and powerful, you n
by NoGravitas 2y ago
To spell out something I think you're saying: if you want people to use the legislative and judicial systems to deal with abuses by the rich and powerful, you need to make sure that those systems are visibly willing and able to do so.
- ConspiracyFact 2y agoIt's not just that you need a system that adequately prosecutes and punishes crime in order to keep vigilantes in check. Most such systems evolved as an explicit alternative to systems based on vendettas or lynching. These latter modes of prosecution and punishment are always lurking under the surface because they were there first and could only be inhibited by more civilized modes; they were never abolished by them.
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