people tout the story of Solomon and the baby as an example of his wisdom in grokking stereotypical maternal impulse, but ignore his wisdom in re the key principle of governance that any redress the government is petitioned for must be at least potentially worse than the problem
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every interaction where someone petitions a governmental entity for redress, technically receives it, and winds up wishing they had handled their own business is an example of this
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iirc the thief wasn’t petitioning for redress
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plot twist: the baby went home with the thief because the mother was very devout and if Solomon thought that’s what was best she’d tearfully accept it, and the thief anticipated Solomon’s reasoning and mimicked the response he was expecting from the mother
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