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		ksm1717 on Sept 2, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Police-issued "courtesy cards" help friends and fa... I mean you could argue that LAWyers literally exist because of law. Or at least perpetuated by the other two options which are perpetuated by law.

Yetanfou on Sept 2, 2020 [–]

Doesn't that work the other way around as well, as in LAWs come to life or stay in place because of LAWyers? Both due to the rather large percentage of lawyers who end up in politics as well as due to lawyers using their powers of persuasion - monetary or otherwise - to influence law makers?

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