This is the sort of story that turns HN into /r/politics . Flagged.
This is a community designed intentionally to not go down that rabbit hole. There are plenty where you can. I've been here since the early days, trust me, it's better this way.
This presume that we were once at a level where the rule of law actually existed. Humanity across the world and across the ages has never been in a place where there was equality of all under the law.
And in any case this article isn’t about the theory, it’s a complaint about a politician. This article is 100% political and clearly doesn’t belong here.
One great strategy in the prisoner's dilemma is tit-for-tat. When it's your turn, repeat exactly what your counterpart did last turn. The rest of the world learned that with tariffs, and hopefully team blue figures it out too.
What remains stable is a very basic and primitive power dynamic (generally in resources and violence).
The writing has been on the wall for 2 decades: laws don't matter there.
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slightwinder•6mo ago
You may have heard of "no one is above the law" or "all are equal before the law", this is the quintessence of it. There is no king above the law, if there is the rule of law.
reactordev•6mo ago
The comment was about the abuse of “law” towards minorities. So go learn about how police departments are trained to seek and destroy these communities.
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nkrisc•6mo ago
“Rule of law” means the laws are applied equally and fairly to all, regardless of status or authority.
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gorbachev•6mo ago
https://www.amazon.com/With-Liberty-Justice-Some-Equality/dp...
With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful - by Glenn Greenwald