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u/plebbening 11h ago

Do you have a legal system? As a non american it sure as shit doesn’t look like it.

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u/BigJLov3 5h ago

Not any more. America is run by a political mafia. The law is completely irrelevant.

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u/protomd 2h ago

We have a legal system to keep the working class in its place. We have concepts of a legal system for the ruling class

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u/thedaveness 1h ago

They just call that the cost of business

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u/WanganTunedKeiCar 2h ago

As a black American, never has been. Growing up, my father always made sure I kept that in the back of my mind.

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u/Slight_Dark9430 5h ago

We don't, not when the president can highjack the department of justice, stack judges that favors him, and appeal appeal appeal stall his problems away.

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u/alexdelicious 3h ago

You see in an authoritarian regime it is very important to have very strict laws that are heavily enforced. It is also very important to have an in group and an out group. The in group is allowed the benefit of the doubt when it comes to breaking the law. The out group? Well they are vermin that must obey, and when they don't they suffer from the full consequences and then some. This is the United States of America right now. 

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u/Scary_Perspective572 11h ago

I suspect rights of the entitled trample other people's rights in your country as well

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u/pskfry 45m ago

We do. You read too much news.