Stooges everywhere - do not presume the law is about justice. That concept is as archaic as notions of bodily autonomy and informed consent. Consent is a manufacture based on legal fictions, enforced by the state through its courts in service of mammon and the almighty (dollar that is). The minor cases that provided solace to the few who…
Stooges everywhere - do not presume the law is about justice. That concept is as archaic as notions of bodily autonomy and informed consent. Consent is a manufacture based on legal fictions, enforced by the state through its courts in service of mammon and the almighty (dollar that is). The minor cases that provided solace to the few who won their initial stoush with authority over the past couple of weeks, have now to be put into perspective; and the perspective has a microscope in front of it displaying that dystopic world of SynthBio. Be thankful that their constructs bear the inevitable mark of self-destruction; and that we can see it. So get out your dancing shoes!
Stooges everywhere - do not presume the law is about justice. That concept is as archaic as notions of bodily autonomy and informed consent. Consent is a manufacture based on legal fictions, enforced by the state through its courts in service of mammon and the almighty (dollar that is). The minor cases that provided solace to the few who won their initial stoush with authority over the past couple of weeks, have now to be put into perspective; and the perspective has a microscope in front of it displaying that dystopic world of SynthBio. Be thankful that their constructs bear the inevitable mark of self-destruction; and that we can see it. So get out your dancing shoes!
Yes, I wrote this a year ago:
"Our legal system is not a justice system. It is just a system of rules that powerful people use to keep little people under the boot."
https://news.rebekahbarnett.com.au/p/a-national-wave-of-trauma-and-grief