Isabel Paterson, in her masterwork The God of the Machine, drew a sharp distinction between Societies of Status, in which identity is superior to law, and Societies of Contract, in which law is superior to identity. The United States was conceived as a Society of Contract, where the law ignores assertions of personal status. At least, that’s how it was supposed to be. The reality of today is quite different.

    When criminals take command of the State, the law is transformed from a tool of justice to a tool for securing advantages to the criminals. Not all criminals prosper in this fashion; there are “insiders” and “outsiders,” of course. The salient point is that the “justice system” no longer deems justice its highest priority. It becomes at best a secondary consideration, subordinate to protecting the persons, privileges, and prerogatives of the ruling elite.

    This provides the analyst with a simple, binary test for the political health of a society. Do accused members of the ruling class get special treatment from prosecutors and courts? If so, you have been informed that the “justice system” no longer serves justice…and there’s only one breed of creature that finds that to be a desirable state of affairs.

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