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CupResponsible797 t1_j4mizvh wrote

>Sure if you ignore the concept of rule of law or the very common phrase "nation of laws, not a nation of men".

Those do not mean what you think they mean.

These concepts are generally understood to mean that all members of society are considered equally subject to legal codes and processes, but the state is explicitly not a member of society.

>And one that deserves to be nothing more than a footnote in the history of bad ideas that only ever served the people in power to the detriment of the people that they were supposed to be serving.

There's a reason it has survived everywhere in the world for thousands of years, sovereign immunity is simply necessary for states to conduct their duties.

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