Legality Involves the Legitimation of Many Appalling Actions

Bourgeois law 1 Minute

John Clarke, former major organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, recently posted the following on Facebook; it expresses well the reality of the rule of law and not its rhetoric.

The real scandal isn’t lawbreaking by people with political and economic power but all the appalling things they are able to do that are perfectly legal.
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I come from a working-class background. My lost paid job was a teacher, substituting for a number of years before obtaining a permanent position. I obtained my doctorate in 2009. I am an unapologetic critic of capitalism and the way in which various institutions and ideologies reinforce it.

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