Law in Contemporary Society

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PlannedObsolesence 4 - 01 Feb 2012 - Main.DRussellKraft
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 What if the government is purposely creating a system that does not sustain peace in order to consolidate its control over non-conformists and to garner financial and political power to maintain control. It would be akin to planned obsolescence: A system where manufactured goods intentionally breakdown in order to increase consumption regardless of inefficiency and waste. Is the government promoting failing models to that the citizens will have to buy into the system again?

In law, the obsolescence of the criminal system as a deterrent and insurer of justice continues the prison industrial complex. If the law worked the way it is purported to work, then many jobs would be lost. Let's take Cohen's idea that courts maintain inequality: If most violence is caused by inequality and the legal system supports inequality, then the legal system maintains the violence under the guise of trying to mitigate it.

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 But, Rachel, what do you mean when you say "the government?" I don't understand how all the different people who compose the government, most of whom turn over frequently, could "purposely creat[e] a system" that does anything, let alone perpetuates a conspiracy. I find it more likely that we have a population that tends to accept the status quo. I have a similar problem with your statement, Crystal, about the "system" having to permit experimentation. What system? How can a "system" do anything? Who is really responsible for giving permission for such experimentation? -- SamanthaLiTrenta - 01 Feb 2012
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>		Hey all - sorry to butt in - I took this class in '10, and wrote my first paper on a related topic. On that note, something that I enjoyed when I was in class a few years ago was reading archived material. Even if you don't like my paper (feel free to comment on it, I'd love to hear your thoughts), maybe you'll get something from the discussions my class had. -- DRussellKraft - 01 Feb 2012

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