[burnoutgal]

“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”

The overton window in america is so far to the right that the prospect of charging rich people for breaking the law is unheard of.

[dahfizz]

TFA is about Australia, but go off...

[nness]

I think the statement still holds true for Australia.

[FabHK]

Counterpoint from Jean-Baptiste Henri-Dominique Lacordaire:

"Entre le fort et le faible, entre le riche et le pauvre, entre le maître et le serviteur, c’est la liberté qui opprime et la loi qui affranchit."

("Between the strong and the weak, between the rich and the poor, between the lord and the slave, it is freedom which oppresses and the law which sets free.")

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Henri_Lacordaire

[mwexler]

Just to give a source to this quote: See https://kottke.org/21/02/conservatism-and-who-the-law-protec... for a bit more context, as it's base is from Frank Wilhoit via this comment https://crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/liberals-against-progre....

[ta4234]

To clarify without requiring link chasing: the quote is not from the political scientist Frank Wilhoit (1920-2010) but the musician Frank Wilhoit (https://www.broadheath.com).

[kodah]

This article is about Australia...