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Everything 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. a
by armchairhacker 8mo ago
Everything 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 8mo 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 8mo 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.