In a way, politics is about achieving the best result for your ingroup. At some fundamental level, I perceive all conscious beings as my ingroup. This universalism is what I used to understand as leftism; rightism defines a much smaller ingroup and pits them against others.
The legal system is built around an algorithm that is designed to increase consistency (interpretation of law based on precedents, and escalation to higher courts for exception handling). Intersectionality does not have a strict definition, so its merits depend on interpretation.
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yeah that algorithm isn't perfect but it's ok, and similarly legislation is also more of a process, so in principle inconsistencies in either should be transient.
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but i kind of misspoke, i should have said social contract, or rule of law, since i also meant law enforcement, access to legal services, prison industrial complex, ... lots of systemic effects that create & exploit disparity, and lots of hypocrisy justifying them
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