The REAL Big Lie is: "No one is above the law."

[ancianita]

44. I will, thanks.

Justice is not abstract. It is rule of law intended to both prevent and prosecute "loss, harm or damage" to humans. Of course the hardest recourse is for humans already born into unequal income classes and structures to afford to pay for their recourse. 10% of most law firms' budgets are set aside for pro bono work for that reason. And of course, given the size of our nation's problems, that's not enough; which is why there are huge legal orgs like the ACLU, NLG, and so many others.

Justice as concrete recourse has been structurally hobbled by politically motivated funding. It's been muddled by corporate insurgence into constitutional law. Yet justice is as essential to a strong society as is a military. Yet the two have always been funded unequally.

I don't have to make the case that " Everyone is equal under the law in America" when our Democratic leaders say it and make the case for it, and work to make it real all the time.

Just because the funding, pace, and outcomes aren't perfect, or to our liking, doesn't mean that when our leaders make the case for, or even SAY, " Everyone is equal under the law in America" that it's a lie. Neither does any history of failed justice prove that statement is a lie.

The LIE part is what bothers me. It's not just provocation. It's denigration of our elected leaders and Department of Justice who believe it, and work toward its concrete adherence as their calling.

We on DU must not denigrate the imperfections of rule of law as a lie perpetrated upon the People. If we don't "grow up" about what we call empowerment through justice, you're right -- we won't "grow up" about corporate capture, covid, ecosystem destruction or even envisioning the futures our descendants deserve.

But the thing about growing up is that it's not about 'getting the chance.'
It's about deciding to make the disciplined effort about what we call adult systems; deciding not to just "get a chance," but deciding to leave nothing to chance.

In other words, to make our own chance. That right there precludes energy draining namecalling, grievance airing and general FUD bitching. We often reference the "adults in the room" because we easily see people of the opposing party who refuse to grow up about all kinds of things -- like committing to truth, lifelong learning, how government and governing work to do the greatest good for the greatest number, supporting collective solutions to big system problems, etc.

Feel down, but know we're not out. Know that "no one is above the law" is daily proven true more than not. The daily court wins of millions upon millions of fraudulent money gained back to our covid and PPP budgets, the millions in monies returned across business frauds, all that's just the "making whole" part of enforcing rule of law.

Because of that concrete enforcement of justice the criminal element of scofflaws, outlaws and "aboves" keep learning the hard way that it's true.

In an imperfect democracy full of imperfect humans, I will err on the side of our elected officials and Department of Justice lawyers who believe it, work for it and literally, concretely, prove it every damn day.