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Footnotes from the House: Justice as a Casino Game
This text argues that the legal system operates like a rigged casino, where the "house" secures specific outcomes by pre-selecting the metaphysical rules of the game. The author contends that justice relies on artificial ontological assumptions, such as the existence of a continuous self and robust individual agency, to ensure that responsibility and punishment can be easily assigned. By favouring linear causation and discrete choice points, the law intentionally ignores complex factors like systemic pressure or psychological fragmentation that would make cases harder to resolve. This…
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