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Re: Parents: Punishing Kids
To the contrary, justice systems generally exist to harm people for the benefit of the state. Theoretically, by extension, this benefits society in general, if one assumes that what is in the state's best interests is also in the best interests of the people living under its control.
Or... At least, that is how things would work under an autocratic government.
The United States is a bit different, as people have a say in deciding law through the power of elected representatives. This is actually a major cause of the rather confused justice system you see today, as voters are often in favor of retributive forms of punishment, and tend to view some crimes as being more heinous than others regardless of the level of objective harm that they can actually be shown to cause.
It is essentially emotionally driven "mob rule," working in collusion with the more draconian impulses of government, to bring American society the very worst elements that both worlds have to offer.
No need. Your posts do it for me. :lol:
You are the one substituting your own lust of revenge for what the justice system is really about. In your self-centered, tiny little world view, the justice system is there to harm people for you. That's pathetic.
To the contrary, justice systems generally exist to harm people for the benefit of the state. Theoretically, by extension, this benefits society in general, if one assumes that what is in the state's best interests is also in the best interests of the people living under its control.
Or... At least, that is how things would work under an autocratic government.
The United States is a bit different, as people have a say in deciding law through the power of elected representatives. This is actually a major cause of the rather confused justice system you see today, as voters are often in favor of retributive forms of punishment, and tend to view some crimes as being more heinous than others regardless of the level of objective harm that they can actually be shown to cause.
It is essentially emotionally driven "mob rule," working in collusion with the more draconian impulses of government, to bring American society the very worst elements that both worlds have to offer.
Typical fundie anti-intellectualism. Tell us again how sociology is a scam.
No need. Your posts do it for me. :lol:
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