On: Why Russia’s Alternate History of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 Matters

[AlexandrB]

> What happens in the US or in Europe is that if you need stuff done or if you need to win in court, you hire expensive lobbyists or lawyers.

Lobbyists and Lawyers are private individuals, corrupt officials are government agents. I thought you were against "big government"?

[snitko → AlexandrB]

I am. Lobbyists and lawyers only exist because there is a government monopoly on law.

[cema → snitko]

Lobbyists yes, but not lawyers.

[snitko → cema]

Lawyers in their current incarnation wouldn't exists and wouldn't be able to charge those high prices unless they weren't state licenced (you can't be a lawyer without state permission, basically) and unless they had to deal with monopoly on law, which is government.