TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 26 days agoWhen did you realize that all laws are made to benefit the rich and/or oppress the rest of us, and a politician's job is to write the laws and sell them to the voters?message-squaremessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down117
arrow-up139arrow-down1message-squareWhen did you realize that all laws are made to benefit the rich and/or oppress the rest of us, and a politician's job is to write the laws and sell them to the voters?TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 26 days agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squarePonyOfWar@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down7·26 days agoI guess I haven’t yet. Maybe you can help me: How do laws against, for example, rape, only benefit the rich while oppressing the rest of us?
minus-squareComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-226 days agoSocial cohesion is important for a smoothly running business. Unpunished rape creates problems on the shop room floor. Or to put it another way, rape gets punished extrajudicially in ways that are not good for business or social cohesion in general.
I guess I haven’t yet. Maybe you can help me: How do laws against, for example, rape, only benefit the rich while oppressing the rest of us?
Social cohesion is important for a smoothly running business. Unpunished rape creates problems on the shop room floor. Or to put it another way, rape gets punished extrajudicially in ways that are not good for business or social cohesion in general.