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I don't think this quite captures it. The "Dual State" concept seems much more on point. https://www.thefunsinthefight.com/p/welcome-to-the-dual-state-of-ai-reg

• burnt-resistor 3mo ago
  It's even more nuanced than that. Vaguely, there are 3 caste buckets: - A privileged state - for the rich and powerful to get away with crimes - A normative state - for ordinary people whom experience more prosecutions - A prerogative state - for poor and enemies whom experience arbitrary injustice and persecution for infractions or made-up crimes
  • mindslight 3mo ago
    I'd say you're making a different framework. In the dual state framework, your privileged state/caste is just an aspect of the prerogative state. The dual state framework doesn't declare "which way" the illegality goes. I'd say that trying to define that directionality is already trying to impart normative state concepts (of illegality) onto the prerogative state. Was Alex Pretti a victim of your prerogative state, and his executioners were merely government agents executing a state imperative? Or was he a victim of gang violence and his executioners were part of the privileged state? In the dual state framework, the answer is wu. But don't let me discourage you from expanding upon your framework! It may be more effective at explaining some things. It just needs to be more substantial than trying to do a simple tweak in an HN comment.