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Part of the reason we established courts was to avoid angry mobs dispensing justice, but we've let the courts become captured to a large extent. If you don't a
by diob 2y ago
Part of the reason we established courts was to avoid angry mobs dispensing justice, but we've let the courts become captured to a large extent.
If you don't allow folks to seek justice in the courtroom, they'll inevitably return to "the jungle" so to speak.
It's our job as participants in society to do our best to avoid that, but we have to make changes. We can't be idle and wring our hands saying "it can't be helped" or "it's not illegal". We have to change things so that folks will be held accountable.
If we don't, this sort of thing is inevitable.
- monero-xmr 2y ago[flagged]
- diob 2y agoMy comment wasn’t about political capture, but about the capture of the courts by the wealthy class. Apologies if that wasn’t clear. The reality is that the courts have long struggled to hold wealthy and white-collar criminals accountable—unless, of course, their actions harm other wealthy individuals, in which case the system can sometimes swing into action. This issue isn't unique to the United States either; it’s a broader problem where the justice system often fails to address the crimes of the privileged while disproportionately impacting lower-income communities.
- monero-xmr 2y agoI’d be open to ideas of reform. But so often the hot-takes I read online about “THE COURTS ARE RIGGED!1!1!” is simply one of disliking the ideological composition
- tines 2y agoIsn't it the legislative branch that is captured, rather than the judicial? I don't see the courts failing to uphold the law (save for the supreme court which fails to uphold the Constitution, but that doesn't weigh on the everyday person's life much, as we saw through the elections). Insurance companies (mostly) don't actually break the law. It's the legislators that continue to fail to address our problems, and who get paid to look the other way while the working class is looted.
- lazyasciiart 2y agoNo. Wage theft is a far bigger problem then shoplifting, but which one gets prosecuted more?
- s1artibartfast 2y ago1) Not comparable crimes. One happens in broad daylight in front of everyone, and the other is an almost always a case of one person's word against another, and unreported. 2) how many prosecutions do you think there are for shoplifting? I'm genuinely interested to know, and couldn't find it. 3) Even if you ignore this, the public cares a lot about shop lifting! you dont need a judicial capture conspiracy.
- hughesjj 2y agoPor que no los dos?
- tines 2y agoI specified why: > I don't see the courts failing to uphold the law (save for the supreme court which fails to uphold the Constitution, but that doesn't weigh on the everyday person's life much, as we saw through the elections) you may of course disagree, I'd like to hear your perspective.
- paulryanrogers 2y agoAbe Fortas was forced to resign for a conflict of interest. Now conservative members of SCOTUS openly receive gifts and vacations, and resist efforts to hold them accountable in any meaningful way. Things are certainly worse, not just some minor political winds shifting.
- Eextra953 2y agoHow do we change this?
- maeil 2y agoBy doing what Luigi did, until suddenly those who do have the power to change things start realizing that fixing things is a better option than having an angry mob.