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Politicians being trained lawyers is a good thing - they (supposedly) know the nightmare that is the legal system

To put it into a software developers context - which hopefully makes it easier to understand for some.

The law is legacy code that stretches back a few centuries (literally) that has been written by many many people with little in common, and has active users who must be consulted upon change.

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Grifters being in charge of the grift because they know how to grift.

Yeah, that’s working out brilliantly.

If the law cannot meaningfully accessed and practiced by the Poeple, it is not Law; it is Tyranny.




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