[geoduck14]

Of note, the article seems to mention 3 things: 1) Vague laws 2) Arbitrary Enforcement 3) Lack of due process

All three seem to be important facts for an Authoritarian Regieme

I point this out, because I believe the US has long had vague laws, and our Due Process helps kick out arbitrary enforcement. I also believe that our Checks and Balance system (part of Due Process) is currently broken

[pigpag]

Given the astronomically high legal cost to individuals, the sheer presence of arbitrary enforcement can already cause a lot of fear and damage.

[3eb7988a1663]

There was a recent high profile of a case where a woman in Tennessee was accused of a crime in North Dakota. She spent months in jail, where she lost her car, home, and her dog. She was not even in the right state, and her life was destroyed.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47563384

[chneu]

Vague laws were/are a hallmark of racist American law enforcement. It's what the US has always done.

[cucumber3732842]

I'm at the point where I think that these things are just getting called racist as an easily defeated strawman.

"See look, our terrible law that gives the government arbitrary power to levy ruinous fines treats all races equally, therefore it is not racist, therefore it is fine."

It might actually be racist sometimes but that's beside the point. The whole premise of much of this crap is flawed.

[cucumber3732842]

>Of note, the article seems to mention 3 things: 1) Vague laws 2) Arbitrary Enforcement 3) Lack of due process

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