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[โ€“] UncleGrandPa@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

We have moved from being ruled by the laws of the government

To the whims of the government

Laws now are just .... Suggestions.

[โ€“] bishbosh@lemm.ee 4 points 6 days ago

We very certainly have moved to a new era of disregard for the law, but in service of understanding how we got here and where the system built power in hopes of breaking it, laws have always been suggestions. The 13th goes into this well, at every step when given leniency the judicial system has been abused to enact more violence and control over people of color. The enforcers are held to minimal standards, and seldom held accountable when they somehow fail to clear the bar in hell.

We need to be honest with ourselves about what this country was and how long it's been unjust.