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Today is a great day to remember Wilhoit's law: “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”

26/1/26, 9:17 pm9 reposts24 likes

Miska Knapek

@miskaknapek.bsky.social

26 Jan

They say one of the reasons we got parliamentary democracy was that the wealthy couldn't protect all their wealth. So we got a state which protects individuals' assets, and the people get to have a say in the operations of the state (but likely not too much about asset rights - ...

Miska Knapek

@miskaknapek.bsky.social

26 Jan

... hence Trump trying to cut taxes and system expenditures, except as regard protection of asset rights (and their holders)), while, as the President controls the judiciary, runs circles around laws he doesn't like.