← Back to context Comment by jahewson 20 days ago [flagged] 5 comments jahewson Reply grumio 20 days ago True. You bring up another data point of similarity between ICE and Gestapo: they are/were both legal.My issue isn't with just the legality, but with morality. ceejayoz 20 days ago Similarly, the Holocaust was legal under German law, because the Führer willed it so.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%BChrerprinzipThus illustrating the potential gap between legal and moral. saubeidl 20 days ago The Führerprinzip mentioned here, by the way, is basically the same argument the conservative supreme court is making right now.They call it Unitary executive theory in the States, but same idea. __loam 20 days ago Right it's just morally repugnant but it's legal so who cares. const_cast 20 days ago You're correct, fascists will always make morally deplorable acts they wish to enforce with an iron fist legal. Thank you for pointing that out.
grumio 20 days ago True. You bring up another data point of similarity between ICE and Gestapo: they are/were both legal.My issue isn't with just the legality, but with morality.
ceejayoz 20 days ago Similarly, the Holocaust was legal under German law, because the Führer willed it so.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%BChrerprinzipThus illustrating the potential gap between legal and moral. saubeidl 20 days ago The Führerprinzip mentioned here, by the way, is basically the same argument the conservative supreme court is making right now.They call it Unitary executive theory in the States, but same idea.
saubeidl 20 days ago The Führerprinzip mentioned here, by the way, is basically the same argument the conservative supreme court is making right now.They call it Unitary executive theory in the States, but same idea.
const_cast 20 days ago You're correct, fascists will always make morally deplorable acts they wish to enforce with an iron fist legal. Thank you for pointing that out.
True. You bring up another data point of similarity between ICE and Gestapo: they are/were both legal.
My issue isn't with just the legality, but with morality.
Similarly, the Holocaust was legal under German law, because the Führer willed it so.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%BChrerprinzip
Thus illustrating the potential gap between legal and moral.
The Führerprinzip mentioned here, by the way, is basically the same argument the conservative supreme court is making right now.
They call it Unitary executive theory in the States, but same idea.
Right it's just morally repugnant but it's legal so who cares.
You're correct, fascists will always make morally deplorable acts they wish to enforce with an iron fist legal. Thank you for pointing that out.