I recall some writer giving his own original answer to the question - often connected to F. Scott Fitzgerald and " The Great Gatsby " : How are THE RICH ( ruling class RICH ) different from you and me ? Answer : " They all have personal lawyers ".
It is getting harder even for the VERY RICH to feel un-intimidated by their own prison system.. Perhaps righteous lawyer Atticus Finch in " To Kill A Mockingbird " was right about " our courts " potentially LEVELING everybody.
I think Ralph Nader's idealism was based on this - brilliantly naïve - view of THE LAW .
But can you imagine ANY civilization without respect for THE LAW ?
Atticus Finch noble loser in " To Kill A Mockingbird "
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