Comment by voakbasda
16 days ago
It will not be fixed. The lawyers have control of our legal system. They are the politicians and judges. The system is theirs; if we want to change the status quo, it will take nothing less than a bloody revolution.
16 days ago
It will not be fixed. The lawyers have control of our legal system. They are the politicians and judges. The system is theirs; if we want to change the status quo, it will take nothing less than a bloody revolution.
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.
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.
Nice soundbite - care to explain how the laws of 1266 are meaningless today and should be removed?
Or a flood of new lawyers with a basis of Beneficence and ethics, and a knowing willingness to act against maximal short-term self interest. (Though still self profitable, just not maximally)
The old lawyers determine who gets to become a new lawyer.
I didnt know this. I thought it was just an exam.
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Medieval guild mechanics. Same with doctors.
That may be just as likely as having a high net worth individual donate their entire fortune to you gratis.
As in, just as unlikely.
Lawyers are the first thing AI should drive out of business.
"First thing we do, let's [automate] all the lawyers."
Also most of the legislators