The system has failed, and the average man has no recourse to seek justice against men like Brian.
This can't be stressed enough. The term is "the social contract" and in order for it to work, everyone, including the government, have to honor their obligations.
People stopped exercising vengeance in favor of a legal system on the implicit promise that the legal system would be fair and just in resolving their disputes. If it no longer meets that ideal, people are relieved from their moral duty to participate in it.
People forget that violence is the backbone of all things, and the only reason we put violence away is because of a gentleman's agreement for us all to work together to do better.
Because it is better when we do try to put violence away, but only an absolute fool attempts to still uphold an agreement once the other party has completely ceased to even pretend to do theirs.
And it worked REALLY well until people either got imported who had no vested interest in society as a whole continuing, and a different group decided it was advantageous to push the envelope as farrrrrrr as it could possibly go.
Litterelly society is held hostage by "I'm not touching you." Like sure in the end you didn't fire the first shot. But you're also dead so nobody gives a shit.
This can't be stressed enough. The term is "the social contract" and in order for it to work, everyone, including the government, have to honor their obligations.
People stopped exercising vengeance in favor of a legal system on the implicit promise that the legal system would be fair and just in resolving their disputes. If it no longer meets that ideal, people are relieved from their moral duty to participate in it.
People forget that violence is the backbone of all things, and the only reason we put violence away is because of a gentleman's agreement for us all to work together to do better.
Because it is better when we do try to put violence away, but only an absolute fool attempts to still uphold an agreement once the other party has completely ceased to even pretend to do theirs.
And it worked REALLY well until people either got imported who had no vested interest in society as a whole continuing, and a different group decided it was advantageous to push the envelope as farrrrrrr as it could possibly go.
Litterelly society is held hostage by "I'm not touching you." Like sure in the end you didn't fire the first shot. But you're also dead so nobody gives a shit.