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 10 months 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.
NONE_dc@lemmy.world 10 months ago
DominatorX1@thelemmy.club 10 months ago
That depends on the dictator of course.
NONE_dc@lemmy.world 10 months ago
No, that is the basis of every dictatorship: to centralize political and legal power, all power in general.
DominatorX1@thelemmy.club 10 months ago
Well yes, that centralization of power is implied by the term. But who it benefits is not.
peteyestee@feddit.org 10 months 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.