Law can become an instrument of tyranny, most notably under a dictatorship; but also, when the "rights" of anti-social people are prioritised over and above those of the public in general. (View Post)

Plenty of lawyers, too, will use their legal skills to justify anything the dictator wishes to do. “That which is pleasing to the Prince has the force of law” is maxim of Roman Law. (View Post)

More people than we would wish to believe will enact the most depraved of fantasies, when they can. This reads like a novel by De Sade. (View Post)

Many people will eagerly humiliate themselves, in return for pennies. (View Post)

Such people are unhinged. Unfortunately, they are absurdly influential. (View Post)