In our civilization there is a fundamental rule - no-one can claim ignorance of the law as an defense.
However, I've never heard of a school giving lessons of law. Civics classes may try to explain the way the legal system works and your basic civil rights, but no more than that - because of course if they give incorrect information they could be sued. And the law is so complicated no normal person can possibly hope to know it!
Wait a second, does that mean that a fundamental principle of our civilization is flawed ? Yes, I think it is, but I can see that it works anyway. For that matter, there are many things around us that appear to be built on insubstantial foundations. Our money system for one. We could probably add all the social networks. Globalization? The invisible hand of the market?
So what are the lessons ? Well generally I nitpick, sorry I "analyze the system and look for inconsistencies". I guess I should encourage the dream a bit more. Things succeed if they're useful, even if the logic is flawed, its very weird.
Maybe the lesson is to believe in the trend? Or that a revolution is inevitable?
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