And West is correct… per usual
When I was young a person of authority told me …. We make it up as we go and it is what we say it is till someone of greater authority says it is something different.
At the street level, so to speak, there are people who don’t respect the law. And that is to be expected. There are always common criminals.
Today, the judges and the politicians don’t respect the law. That’s somewhat new. They use the law as a weapon to get people they don’t like, and they ignore the law whenever they need to protect the people they do like. The whole world is a rigged game now.
“Whether it is at the border, on our streets, in our courts, in our schools, or even in our homes, there is a dedicated, purposeful, and intentional desire to undermine the rule of law.”
Add our elections to that list.
As in physics, there is inertia in public affairs which results in most people thinking things are better than they really are. When enough realize the true situation they will demand action but it will be more costly, take longer, and more damage will have been done in the interim.
“What is the Law?”
“Are we Men?”
What movie ?????
“What is the Law?”
“Two Legs Good! Four Legs Bad!”
As I longer have a Rule of Law.
Currently we have a Rule of Farce, as clowns are in charge.
If history is any guide, it will soon be replaced with a Rule of Force.
Protection of life and property is the byproduct of “The Law,” but not its mechanism.
The mechanism of “The Law” is a set of conceptual principles agreed upon by nomadic tribesmen, primarily aimed at restraining naturalistic behaviors so that ever larger groups of tribes might coalesce and live together in relative individual safety without their natural and tribal/traditional tendencies coming to the fore than they all murder each other over perceived minor offenses or religious or cultural differences.
Ping
When it come to demonraats, and the law, I think of this line from an old song
Good is what I do to others.
Bad is what they do to me.
~ Mark Heard
That's pretty circular.