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by newaccountman2 47 days ago
> Law was good people when? During the era of the 3/5ths compromise? Dredd Scott? Plessy? Lochner v NY? Buck v Bell? Korematsu?

All of those are only things because there were lawyers willing and eager to sue the government over the evils at issue, so your point is much weaker than you think.
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nerdsniper 47 days ago
That’s actually exactly my point. That all these fields have had good and bad people the entire time and that the ratios probably don’t change all that much.

It sounds like you’d agree with me.

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newaccountman2 47 days ago
Well, yeah, I suppose I don't disagree with your overall point lol, sorry if comment sounded overly combative

Law and finance were sources of and avenues to money and power from the outset. Took some time for tech to emerge as such.

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