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Something being legal does not make it right or just.
by codeduck 5y ago
Something being legal does not make it right or just.
- asjldkfin 5y agoI would argue the "justice" system is the best determinant of what's "just" by definition.
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- bavent 5y agoBut ideas of what is “just” change and the justice system is often slow to react. Sometimes things that are technically unjust (banning gay marriage) are allowed. Slavery was once legal. Justice system at the time said so. Also, as an anecdote, speaking as someone who has participated in the justice system quite a bit, for me it was very rarely the best determinant of what was “just” on the small scale of my life. I would hesitate to assume on the larger scale of society as a whole it is any more accurate.
- asjldkfin 5y agoThe problem is that the "justice system" is the only universally agreed upon system. The alternative is everybody upholds their own justice and we have anarchy. If you want to change the justice system, go ahead. But there's a difference between changing labour laws and going after one specific company.
- michaelpb 5y agoI would argue that your argument from tautology is stunningly silly and you should get out more lol
- asjldkfin 5y agoI find your ad-hominem attack stunningly silly, and your use of stock logical cliches even more so.
- danaliv 5y agoI can call my car a “flying system” all day long. Doesn’t make it an airplane.
- mimikatz 5y agoSure, but it isn't just legal it's better (in some ways) than most things in the same class. Amazon tracks you and makes you work harder, but compensates you better and doesn't fuck around with hours as much as other jobs in the same fields. It does seem unfair to target them specifically. For example the piss bottles. It is a thing for truckers and delivery workers to piss in bottles. UPS people, FedEx people, Truckers more than the others will talk about it anonymously. But everyone acts like Amazon isn't acting within the unspoken norms of society.