Comment on Say what you will about totalitarian dictators, at least they’re human.

• DominatorX1@thelemmy.club ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  (Do try to speak plainly. It makes the conversation run more smoothly.)

  Yes, a system of laws made by humans. But that system is itself not human. Any more than a car or a toothbrush.

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  • NONE_dc@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Dictators are both the main beneficiary of the system of laws and its promoters, because they ARE the law.

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    • DominatorX1@thelemmy.club ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That depends on the dictator of course.

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      • NONE_dc@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        No, that is the basis of every dictatorship: to centralize political and legal power, all power in general.

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  • peteyestee@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Gameable I like that.

    But the universe is gameable, the formation of governing is a play in the game, as is reaction outside of governing. The game is the universe.

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