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This feel like Utopian thinking. I believe that there are better and worse ways of living and thus better and worse laws. Most ways of living and laws come with trade-offs, others appear to be materially better or worse all around. In other words, there *is* a type of ground truth we can move towards and not everything is relative.

However, we are humans and thinking that "we have arrived" and "I know Utopia" is full of pride and not humble.

Rule of Law is a *process*, that is, it should (ideally) be procedurally symmetrical to all people it applies to based on each person's applicable merit or demerit. So long as you live in a republic, you should try to follow the Rule of Law. No, you are not obligated to throw rocks at police, even when they are tools. You fight tyrants where it matters to them, in the courts, voting box, and make the rule of law apply to them. Tyrants won't care if you injure an officer, in fact, they will use that against you (see rules for radicals, they want your reaction). You find the real battle and fight there.



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