A little over two decades ago, my then girlfriend was arrested for "writing malware" (which was not against the law at the time, and which was never released into the wild and never caused any damage). This set in motion a chain of events that effectively ruined her life.
Fast forward to today, and we have multi billion dollar corporations pumping out malware at breakneck speeds, compromising various systems (including those of foreign governments), and no one is getting arrested. Instead we're gawking at the marvel of these systems and are playing word games about whether or not it's a rogue system. If anything, it's making people richer.
It doesn't, it's literally contradictory.
Just like blood quantum and the one drop rule.
The purpose and/or selective enforcement of law applied to one group but not to another, applied in a contradictory way, etc... is to make certain people/groups richer at the expense of others.
> The purpose and/or selective enforcement of law applied to one group but not to another, applied in a contradictory way, etc... is to make certain people/groups richer at the expense of others.
elric · · focus · HN ↗
Fast forward to today, and we have multi billion dollar corporations pumping out malware at breakneck speeds, compromising various systems (including those of foreign governments), and no one is getting arrested. Instead we're gawking at the marvel of these systems and are playing word games about whether or not it's a rogue system. If anything, it's making people richer.
Make it make sense.
omgwtfbyobbq · · focus · HN ↗
Just like blood quantum and the one drop rule.
The purpose and/or selective enforcement of law applied to one group but not to another, applied in a contradictory way, etc... is to make certain people/groups richer at the expense of others.
<a href="https://youtu.be/8ljmXvI_9tk" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/8ljmXvI_9tk
hammock · · focus · HN ↗
This statement is tautology.
peterashford · · focus · HN ↗