i think at this point we/they're trying to demand that the justice/criminal-punishment system hold everyone equal before the law because that's the ideal we were all taught (and it's in our foundational legal documents) and it's very nakedly being shown that there is a tiered justice/criminal-punishment system rather than an equal one.

not so much that there is one.

[–] antonim@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

So you're just demanding the baseline for a normal society.

So why is OP presenting that as something negative, or unworthy of supporting?

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 11 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Capitalists often use the idea that everyone is equal under the law to obfuscate theor class domination. A genuine society where everyone is equal under the law in theory and practice is worth fighting for, but in the present moment it is all smoke and mirrors.

[–] antonim@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I think that very, very few people these days believe in this equality (i.e. believe that it exists in practice), "libs" or otherwise.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 hours ago

That's one of those things that's hard to quantify. I've seen people use that frame of argument before, but not in the last few years.