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Relevant context. It is not always legal for the police to lie, and they often do anyway. Be aware of your rights. https://www.cato.org/commentary/what-happens-when-police-lie https://www.blasslaw.com/faqs/when-can-the-police-lie-to-you...

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But also remember that you don't have any rights if you're poor, because you won't be able to leverage them and trying could get you in a deeper hole.

I get what you're tying to say, but this kind of phrasing does more damage by instilling a (mostly) false sense of learned helplessness.

No, it instills a reality about so-called "rights". Liberal society is full of lies like this and I'm just pointing them out.

And if the year were 1850, you'd be writing about the 'reality' of needing to accept slavery.

You're not dropping any truth bombs, you're just rationalising cowardice in the face of injustice.

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