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Simone Weil

There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.

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Simone Weil argues that the harsh and oppressive methods used by the justice system can be worse than the crimes themselves. She suggests that when justice becomes overly punitive or unjust, it damages society more deeply than the wrongdoing it aims to punish.

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