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rangestransform06/16/20254 repliesview on HN

Discretionary enforcement is just used as a way to disguise discrimination

Perhaps our laws would be fairer and simpler if enforcement were draconian and uniform


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cess1106/17/2025

Only a minuscule portion of actual crime comes to the attention of the state.

theoreticalmal06/16/2025

Very interesting spectrum you’re suggesting

rustcleaner06/17/2025

Better a potentially discriminatory society I'm the ingroup in, than a totalitarian utopia where every criminal rule is enforced mercilessly.

badc0ffee06/16/2025

The Singapore way

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