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At some point, the contradiction of "law as something impartial" and "law bends to the whims of power" will need to be resolved.
by david_shi 7mo ago
At some point, the contradiction of "law as something impartial" and "law bends to the whims of power" will need to be resolved.
- postepowanieadm 7mo agoBad news, it's already been resolved.
- senko 7mo agoWholly agreed. The way Disney &co coopted law to pack their coffers is a travesty: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Term_Extension_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Term_Extension_Act
- armchairhacker 7mo agoEverything bends to power, by definition. And laws can’t be impartial because they’re not based in hard science: terms like “murder”, “assault”, “theft”, etc. are ambiguous thus up to interpretation (e.g. is a scam theft? If so, what defines a scam? If “lying”, what’s the difference from “misleading”, or if there’s no difference, what defines “misleading”…) My best idea for a solution is better education, so people don’t make bad laws then badly enforce them.
- gzread 7mo agoRight problem, wrong solution. You can't build something that doesn't bend to power, by definition. You have to take away the power.
- armchairhacker 7mo agoPower can only be redistributed. Education also bends to power (people can be “educated” via propaganda), but it’s harder because people have some level of critical thinking. You can only chain so many lies before they contradict each other or live experience.
- y0eswddl 7mo ago"the law" has always only been the whims of the powerful aa a threat of violence against the powerless if they don't follow
- tototrains 7mo agoThe nukes will fall before they give up power.
- fsckboy 7mo ago>the contradiction of "law as something impartial" and "law bends to the whims of power" will need to be resolved human nature will not change. the best change folks here could make is accepting that.