Thread by @mhbx

Wonder if we will be able to weather the insanity.

Former ‘Hamilton’ Cast Member Files Discrimination Complaint Against Show nytimes.com/2021/10/13/the…

It seems the impact of the tsunami of "unintended consequences" by bad design will eventually erode the resilience of the system/society to be able to absorb the hits.

bloomberg.com/graphics/2021-…

The inability of the underlying principles/values of the society to inform the structure of society is a sign of systemic rot.
"That state is most corrupt whose laws are most numerous", a Roman statesman observed long ago.

To much of our social relationships as framed in the various policies & laws are unable to be structured such that they meet the ostensible need. So the rich consume the value meant to assist the poor...without consequence.
So more inadequate laws are passed to try and plug the

holes made, and exploited, by the prior one...eventually creating such a nonsense web of conflicting laws that anyone w resources can take advantage.

The impact on the sinews of the country is arthritic.

Trump accelerated this process of breaking norms & principles because there was "no specific law" to prohibit what everyone knows was moral violations, but more often also illegal.
But we need more laws to spell out what used to be known at the level of values/principles.

The number of examples of this proposition, this thesis, are beyond counting.

There are many reasons & many ways to understand the unraveling of the American experiment. This is just one.
But it is one that does not get much acknowledgment in the analysis of "we need more laws".

Perhaps we do.
Or perhaps we need to rediscover the underlying principles that were the tenants of the country. Not the mechanics of the law, but the deep principles that the law is meant to express. Not this contorted, prone to corruption, mess that has been created.

Another ex:
Elections, the essential fact of democracy, are allowed by the SCourt to be subjugated to gross partisan control?
The underlying purpose of the running of elections shifting fr determining who received the votes, to ensuring partisan victory.

https://twitter.com/mhbx/status/1448489171232772102?s=20

Another ex:
It is an ancient truth that when the Judicial system becomes corrupted and coopted not for Justice, but for the needs & purposes of the powerful that country has tipped, unreconcilably, into a terminal corruption & a death spiral.

https://twitter.com/SenWhitehouse/status/1448703397713125381?s=20

This theme is a silver cord running through the Biblical traditions we claim to rever. Psalm 82 for example, and Jesus referencing this passage. The parable of the unjust judge are just a few of the relevant passages.

The city on the hill is starting to dim and darken.

Another ex from a completely different angle.

The conflicting rules & laws create a system that is not "the rule of law" that we, ostensibly, aspire.
It creates a condition of cynicism and disrespect for the law, which when metastasized is deadly.

https://twitter.com/teach0r/status/1448427642147856387?s=20