First law of access capitalism and vulture intellectualism: make sure you get your slice of pie *before* you throw it at chef’s face. After all, you don’t want to be taken down by your own principled moral crusading, do you. And wait till someone else strikes the fatal blow.
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An ugly and sordid saga of elite corruption with an expanding fallout zone not enough for you? For second course, have an ugly and sordid saga of inquisitorial sadism that can barely hide the ressentiment and glee lurking behind the self-righteous posture of justice-seeking.
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Replying to @vgr
Counterpoint: if people didn't take pleasure in justice, none would exist.
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I don’t know. I have a pretty strong fairness drive, but not a revenge/punishment drive.
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I think there's a difference. Revenge is about interpersonal violations that don't necessarily harm social cohesion in general, where as punishment responds to acts that degrade trust in larger social systems. It's possible to feel a strong need for one and not the other.
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And now I'm wondering if the delay or outright denial of justice has a cumulative aspect, meaning cases where justice is delivered are more or less fraught depending on how much deferred justice has built up in the social system.
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This is important since the specific pleasure isn't like that of eating something tasty when you weren't particularly hungry. Rather, it's like taking off an uncomfortable pair of shoes, or getting rid of a stone stuck in one. It's the pleasure of relief.
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I have an abiding theory that the Obama administration made profound social error in refusing to prosecute *anyone* in the wake of 2008/9. That discordant note has persisted, unresolved, for a decade now, during which time the social inequities involved have only intensified.
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