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ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

This point can’t be understated. A main feature of a developed economy is a strong legal system, meant to handle business and property disputes. A strong legal system protects investments.

For example, Iran is a country with a ridiculous amount of natural resources, yet their primary exports are nuts and rugs. This is becuase they don’t have a great legal system (and also they have the dubious honour of being the most sanctioned country in the world). Their government does what they want, when they want. If that means they jail you and seize all your assets on some made up grounds, then that’s what happens. The legal systems in developed nations is designed to prevent this from happening. That’s why it exists.

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Rodeo@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
So what you’re saying is … legal systems are designed to protect the rich.

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- ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Yes but with arguments to back up my point so I don’t just sound like an angry teenager on reddit.
  
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  - Rodeo@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Ah, somehow it came off like you were saying the general population was the intended recipient of such benefits
    
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Fried_out_Kombi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
And thus the question becomes how we can craft a fairer legal system that isn’t so pay-to-win, but still maintains the core principles of property rights that allows business to, ya know, happen. Sure we could do what many naïve people on the internet want and seize the means of production, but who on earth would want to start a productive business or make productive investments in a country where the government can just up and seize your assets without justification? Just as we need protection against businesses screwing us over, we also need protection against government screwing us over. Anyone who says we should just seize assets and nationalize industries willy nilly should ask themselves if they wanna risk some ghoul like Ron DeSantis being the one with the power to do that.

As to actual answers on how to make such a system that isn’t pay-to-win but still maintains a stable system and rule of law, I don’t actually know. I’m no expert in the legal system. But I’m sure there are experts out there who have spent a lot of time thinking about these sorts of questions and have ideas on how to improve/reform.

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