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RE: "Capitalism breeds innovation"
As a scientist, I can tell you that our profit-motivated system also seems to be harmful to research, even when talking about academia (ie. the basically non-profit and public research sector).
As a retired lawyer I can tell you, you are 100% right in this post, but the brainwashed won’t see it as the truth until it kicks them… behind the ears :)
We all know there's a two tier justice system depending on the size of your wallet, but other than that, would you also say in your experience that "lower rung" lawyers face pressures that have little to do with how to best dispense justice and more to do with the capitalist system under which they have to operate? (I say "lower rung" because big lawyers cozying up to corporate interests or rich people seems to be relatively normal)
My dear @tychoxi, both justice systems, Precedent (or Anglo-Saxon) and Continental (European or Roman) were originated primarily with the aim to protect ruling elite, and not to find the truth and enable the realization of justice. It is historical fact. What we see now is the breakdown of the simulacrum of justice that these systems were supposed to provide.
Everything you see and feel, is just a consequence of this fact.
Well that was more depressing than I anticipated haha
Don’t worry @tychoxi, the truth is first step towards rectifying things. You have to know where you are if you want to chose your desired path :)
http://time.com/4779112/police-history-origins/
The origin of the police force itself is just as bad