Authorities Sunday arrested 57-year-old Vance Boelter following the largest manhunt in state history. He's charged in the targeted fatal shootings of Minnesota House DFL leader Melissa Hortman and her spouse, and the shooting of state Sen. John Hoffman and his spouse.
I would normally post the “That’s not how this works. that’s not how any of this works” meme in response to this…
But the rule of law is over. We’re still masquerading as if the music hasn’t stopped. It’s not clear to me what law, even means. So like sure, maybe he will. It’s absurd even in principle, but here we are dancing in the absurd.
If a government isn’t bound by laws, them laws have no meaning.
Yep, same. I am continuously baffled at people who are surprised when the regime does something wildly illegal and outside of their jurisdiction. The question is no longer “who’s going to let them”. The question has become “who’s going to stop them”, and the answer thus far, in the context of any part of our officialdom, is “absolutely fucking nobody”.
There is a concept of “rule of law” vs “rule by law”.
You are confused about “law” because what you are seeing now is the latter.
This is what kings did ~250 years ago in Europe. But then they started getting their heads cut off and quickly realized they had to change their approach. Some did, some died.
Many people on Lemmy will tell us “bring out the guillotines”. I would love that. But I don’t think it’s that simple anymore. We have consolidated wealth and power in such a way that even rolling heads will not solve it.
I would normally post the “That’s not how this works. that’s not how any of this works” meme in response to this…
But the rule of law is over. We’re still masquerading as if the music hasn’t stopped. It’s not clear to me what law, even means. So like sure, maybe he will. It’s absurd even in principle, but here we are dancing in the absurd.
If a government isn’t bound by laws, them laws have no meaning.
Yep, same. I am continuously baffled at people who are surprised when the regime does something wildly illegal and outside of their jurisdiction. The question is no longer “who’s going to let them”. The question has become “who’s going to stop them”, and the answer thus far, in the context of any part of our officialdom, is “absolutely fucking nobody”.
There is a concept of “rule of law” vs “rule by law”.
You are confused about “law” because what you are seeing now is the latter.
This is what kings did ~250 years ago in Europe. But then they started getting their heads cut off and quickly realized they had to change their approach. Some did, some died.
Many people on Lemmy will tell us “bring out the guillotines”. I would love that. But I don’t think it’s that simple anymore. We have consolidated wealth and power in such a way that even rolling heads will not solve it.