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Luigi Mangione, with his head tilted to the side, compressed lips, and a furrowed brow, looking away from text which reads: “Killing innocent people for the sake of breaking the law.”
Luigi Mangione, with raised brows and an approving frown (like the Obama “not bad” expression), looking at text which reads: “killing certified badguys in blatant disregard for the law.”
This distinction is a lil frustrating for me because I just so happen to also be an amoralist, but it’s not inherent to illegalism
I loved this comment by @[email protected]
We can think breaking laws in general is good because it makes these useless laws harder to enforce if a lot of people break them. Ie. its a form of resistance against the state.
But [we can] also be staunchly against terrible things like random killings and sexual assault.
One doesn’t entail the other.
I’m a moralist, but I firmly believe that laws != morals. In fact, what little I know about history has shown that laws often lean toward the immoral.
Laws do not reflect the moral principles of a civilization. Laws are made by the state, and reflect the state’s (ruling class’s) view of how people should behave.