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(10 hours ago)quintessentone Wrote: Individual rights are not absolute is what I am hearing lately, and how convenient is that reality? So the quote "my rights end where yours begin" in a culture wars context won't see the light of day within a conservative judicial system because the culture based in what? the church? Project 2025? now governs many aspects of perceived rights of individuals and perceived or actual 'rights' can be circumvented using safety and the well-being of others argument as the deciding factors in a court and in society.
"If you can manipulate news, a judge can manipulate the law. A smart lawyer can keep a killer out of jail, a smart accountant can keep a thief from paying taxes, a smart reporter could ruin your reputation — unfairly. – Mario Cuomo"
maybe lord acton had it backward when he said power corrupts and it is in fact that the drive for power beyond the interpersonal stems from corruption and all systems of power concentration like large governments where people wield authority over those they don't have to make eye contact with are doomed to subversion corruption rigging and such as you mention. power doesn't corrupt, corruption empowers. that sounds cynical. but it may be the case in fact and history sure seems to indicate it because even the best systems slide toward that end as the good intentions generationally fade and are worked around by the weasels who when we really look at them are more bellwhethers of the weaslyness nascent in all of us even if we dont want to admit it or be as brazen about it. and perhaps that is why systems that break that power aggregation at the lowest level before it can metastize are so hated by those who have leaned in to the game of political subversion. i am thinking of things like jury nullification and sortition.
"I cannot give you what you deny yourself. Look for solutions from within." - Kai Opaka
