> Also: why do border officers have so much power? It seems wrong.
The US democratic process is not good at protecting small groups of disenfranchised people: Non-citizens, LGBTQ people, prisoners, etc.
Those people get the burden of making their own allies and fighting their whole lives for rights, while most voters prefer not to think about them.
Hell, black people are 12% of the population and their rights have been on the frontline for over 100 years. So many groups are even smaller.
I'm not sure if any other country does this perfectly. Rawls' veil of ignorance is extremely hard to enforce in practice, no wonder we all live in Omelas.
The US democratic process is not good at protecting small groups of disenfranchised people: Non-citizens, LGBTQ people, prisoners, etc.
Those people get the burden of making their own allies and fighting their whole lives for rights, while most voters prefer not to think about them.
Hell, black people are 12% of the population and their rights have been on the frontline for over 100 years. So many groups are even smaller.
I'm not sure if any other country does this perfectly. Rawls' veil of ignorance is extremely hard to enforce in practice, no wonder we all live in Omelas.