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[โ€“] eskimofry@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

When evil hides behind legality, there's no moral imperative for good people to follow laws.

[โ€“] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Exactly! So many authoritarians pretend that every law is sacrosanct to the same degree as the ones against murder and meanwhile we have motherfuckers outlawing water breaks in triple digit degrees weather and mandating discrimination!