fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoMembers of Britain’s richest family get jail terms for exploiting Indian staff at Swiss mansion | The Straits Timeswww.straitstimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1499arrow-down14
arrow-up1495arrow-down1external-linkMembers of Britain’s richest family get jail terms for exploiting Indian staff at Swiss mansion | The Straits Timeswww.straitstimes.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-squareNeon 🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇪🇺🏳️⚧️🇹🇼🇮🇱🏳️🌈@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·5 months agopretty sure that would be a massive breach of the Rechtsstaat(law state? rule-based state? constitutional state?) and even basic human rights. So no. Selective application of Rights is a really bad idea. That’s how you get fascism.
minus-squaresandbox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·5 months agofascism is when you ignore rights of rich people
minus-squarePeter1986C@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoI think that rechtstaat/Rechtsstaat (both the German and Dutch variety of the word) are supposed to be translated into English as “rule of law”. But I could be wrong.
pretty sure that would be a massive breach of the Rechtsstaat(law state? rule-based state? constitutional state?) and even basic human rights.
So no. Selective application of Rights is a really bad idea. That’s how you get fascism.
fascism is when you ignore rights of rich people
I think that rechtstaat/Rechtsstaat (both the German and Dutch variety of the word) are supposed to be translated into English as “rule of law”. But I could be wrong.