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What makes these poor naive souls think that the law wants to be transformed into code? Millions of bureaucrats, both large and petty, derive their power from
by asciilifeform 17y ago
What makes these poor naive souls think that the law wants to be transformed into code?
Millions of bureaucrats, both large and petty, derive their power from the complexity, ambiguity, and room for arbitrary, capricious enforcement of the existing legal code. Dislodging them would probably require mass bloodshed on the scale of the French Revolution.
And treating the presently existing legal system as a logical program can lead to disaster. See "What Color are your Bits?" (http://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/lawpoli/colour/2004061001.php http://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/lawpoli/colour/2004061001.php)
- fatdog789 17y agoOr you know, you could just change the law to eliminate their positions. No blood, no mess, no silly truther-type calls for revolution.
- asciilifeform 17y agoThe very nature of law, law-making, and law-enforcement attracts such people and repels others. Therefore even traditional revolution would ultimately fail. One would need to do something new.