I think my fundamental disagreement with you is that I don’t believe we can live in a society where we have “Cafeteria Constitutionalism” where we can pick and choose which ones we agree with and support, and those we don’t and refuse to observe.
Doing this in your own mind is one thing. Doing it in the real world, and advocating for it is wholly another thing, and I am not willing to go there.
If we accept there is NO law and order in this country, then we are done, finished. But I maintain that if there is no law and order, it is not because this is the foundation of our Republic which you characterize as non-functional.
It is because people tasked with seeing that people observe laws ranging from homicide to election processes simply decided to not observe the laws and became scofflaws, and have not been called on it. In other words, they became “Cafeteria Constitutionalists” and that will not work. Ever.
We have to live under laws we pass.
I think that can still happen, because it is happening.
Who said anything about cafeteria constitutionalism? I’m simply pointing out the reality of the situation. We know CEOs make too much damn money, hundreds of times what their average employees are making. We’ve known that for decades. We know that they continue to treat their workers worse and worse. We know that they now treat their customers like crap too. These are facts. And we also know that if you kick a dog enough eventually the dog fights back.
No, accepting that there is no law and order in this country is step one to fixing it. You can’t fix what you won’t admit is broken. Once you’re rich, once you’re a big donor, you are immune from the laws. That’s a fact. Been that way for a long time (like a REALLY long time, read up on how the railroads happened). It’s not because it’s the foundation of our republic, it’s because the foundation has been subverted.
We have to live under laws THEY pass. And THEY don’t. That is what is happening. Has been for a long time. Will continue to happen. Which is why the dogs are biting.