Tanj

That means "There Ain't No Justice." It's a kind of epithet that is common in Larry Niven's Ringworld universe. Anyway, it's true.Dick Cheney and the guys he hired to shove stuff up prisoners' rectums in order to inflict pain and humiliation are walking around rich and happy.St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch knowingly presented testimony from a witness who he knew was lying -- had her appear twice, and did nothing to impugn her testimony, even though he knew she wasn't even present and was making up her entire story, which was crafted to exonerate a murderer who McCulloch wanted to get away with it. He has now said publicly that he knew she was lying but has no intention of prosecuting her. Of course, that would be a bit of a problem for him since he suborned her perjury. McCulloch is still the prosecutor and Michael Brown is still dead.Bank executives who sold securities as AAA investment grade that they knew were junk. When they went bust, the global economy went with them. The taxpayers bailed out the banks and the bankers kept their 9 figure salaries and bonuses, while tens of millions of struggling people lost their jobs.I could go on but you can easily come up with plenty of your own examples. However, it turns out that not everybody believes in TANJ. Greg Caruso, in Scientia Salon, discusses what is called Just World Belief, JWB. This discussion is in the context of a larger discussion about the illusion of free will, which I often touch on here. Sayeth...
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