"The Law" in Late Stage Republics
When the law becomes unmoored from principle, the next step is unavoidable autocracy.
It is both amazing and disgusting to watch the mass arousal of the 4,356 genders spread across the spectrum of mental illness that has come to define the Democrat Party.
It borders on voyeurism.
Now I know what Marlin Perkins felt like as he watched the mating ritual of some exotic species (for those of us old enough to remember Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom).
It isn’t like it can be avoided. The sexual arousal of the left is wall to wall on CNN and MSNBC. Twitter, Facebook Post and various left leaning internet outlets are now the political equivalent of PornHub and the New York Times and the Washington Post are the 2023 incarnations of Playboy and Hustler magazines.
Lots and lots of lefties in the media and the world of politics are in a pre-orgasmic state over the possibility of getting to broadcast live images of President Trump in leg irons after Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg arrests him.
Their little hearts are beating faster; endorphins are being released and they are fully aroused. Finally, for the ten thousandth time, the walls are finally closing in. They finally got him.
They are completely and totally convinced President Trump has broken “the Law” – but “the Law” (capitalized) is something different from the “law” (lower case).
Lower case law is defined as the discipline concerned with the customs, practices, and rules of conduct of a community that are recognized as binding by the community. It applies to all of the members of that community equally, and is enforced accordingly.
Capitalized, “The Law” is something else:
“The Law” is a weaponized construct, a malleable concept designed to be used as a cudgel to beat down those in the way of a political agenda or movement. It is a trademarked reference to a specific set of definitions and practices utilized by those in power to remain in power.
“The Law” is unburdened and unconstrained by the laws of Nature and Nature’s God, it is unfalsifiable and cannot be proven in error because its interpretation and meaning can be changed as required to suit the needs of the powerful.
“The Law” is as remarkable for the lack applicability in clearly warranted circumstances as it is in its application in situations where it is clearly not warranted.
“The Law” is beauty in the eye of the beholder, the nature of the offense depends upon entirely upon the prosecutor and the identity of the prosecuted, it is not constrained by, or limited to, any written or traditional standard.
“The Law” is a Kafkaesque exercise in “gotcha” where ambiguous prohibitions are applied in arbitrary and capricious ways to do harm or otherwise damage certain individuals or groups who are out of favor with the ruling class or represent a threat to them.
In “the Law”, the process is the punishment. The punishment is first, the trial comes later.
“The Law” is often found in late-stage democratic republics (just before they become autocracies) when the government is separated from the people and the ruling class needs to protect its sinecures from the citizens they were elected to represent.
This is what I meant the other day when I quoted Peruvian President and dictator Oscar R. Benavides saying, “For my friends, everything; for my enemies, the law.”
Perhaps there is no better example of a target of “The Law” than the relentless pursuit and legal persecution of Donald J. Trump. President Trump is the Josef K. as Kafka imagined him to be.
Trump was subjected to surveillance when he became a candidate, was the target of an entire four-year term of “investigations” based on invented offenses, two baseless, politically motivated impeachment proceedings, his nominees were viciously subjected to unfounded attacks. His enemies did everything just short of assassination to deny his administration quality people and support, and to stymie any semblance of momentum it might have generated.
He continues to be persecuted/prosecuted even today, two years after his first term as president ended.
Upon rumors of the arrest of the former president, Nancy Pelosi tweeted that “No one is above the law.”
I hope she and those echoing her remember that when “the Law” comes for them.
It is inevitable in a system where who is in charge determines “the Law” because this form of “Law” is tantamount to lawlessness.
Unfortunately, all too common in late-stage republics
50 republics in one Federal Empire. Each Republic has the political Duo-Poly. The Empire views law, ethics, and common sense as useless for their objectives for they are on a fast train and any obstacle hinders arrival. Judge Learned Hand pointedly said that law is what Judges say it is. And he said "the law is not just it is just the law."
This in the 30's.
It is indeed sad to think that the Elite will use whatever means to get to their own desired outcome. There is no republic when this is allowed to happen.
Should this all come to be, then, in my opinion, the democrat/leftist elites have indeed summoned for their own demise!