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laws are created by a notoriously corrupt set of human beings (politicians)

Your argument is flawed, because you're mistaking your personal opinions for fact and then trying to build logical arguments on them. Politicians are people, they're not 'a notoriously corrupt set of human beings' distinct from the normal mass of humanity.

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Even disregarding the corruption part, his point still stands. Laws are made by people. People are not infallible. People make mistakes. It is therefore obvious that there is potential for bad and unjust laws.

Adding in the corruption part, you can then see that there is potential for laws and policies that are purposefully unjust.

Of course there is! My objection is that he starts from the premise that politicians are inherently evil.

It's a fact that politicians are more notorious for corruption than the average person. But even ignoring that, his argument does not depend on politicians being more evil than the average person. You're seeing a fatal flaw where there is only a molehill.

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