The EU isn't perfect but the ECHR doesn't seem to be any worse at defending actual meaningful freedom than the US and in many respects it's better
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If you really believe that laws are never enforced for the benefit of the marginalized and are always enforced for the benefit of the rulers then it doesn't matter what the law says one way or the other does it It could say anything at all
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But most of us do think that, cynical Foucauldians as we may be, it makes a difference whether we live in a country that says freedom of speech is a universal right and one that says the state has a sovereign right to prevent and punish all forms of sedition
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Oh of course not. My point is more the liberal and legalistic reverence for these principles comes from a school of jurisprudence which argues that: A: society should be run by lawyers, not activists B: it is ethically and morally inappropriate for lawyers to take sides
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C: that any attempt to impose law actively rather than passively in favor of one's political allegiance is doomed to tyranny, chaos, and civil unrest.
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