| > there will always be people who break the law. I find this phrasing choice interesting. Of course there will always be people who break the law. There are always people who are going to attempt to do things they're not supposed to do for a variety of reasons. Rule of law is about consistent application of the law. Laws that aren't consistently applied are just words on paper. It seems to me that what you actually intended to say is "there will always be people who break the law and get away with it due to their wealth and status." And yes, there will probably always be some degree of that too. But in a society that claims to follow the rule of law, the goal should always be to minimize the inconsistent application of the law. Part of that is challenging these events when we see them. Like the extreme corruption of the Trump administration versus every president that came before, including his own first term. Treating an increase of corruption as inevitable is not, in my opinion, valuing the rule of law. It's at best a half-hearted "whatcha gonna do?" shrug-off. |