Assuming that there will be no rule of law, no checks or constraints of any kind, is a form of complying in advance.
Asserting that there _ought_ to be such things is a form of demanding them, and forcing their elimination to be seen as a rupture.
Assuming that there will be no rule of law, no checks or constraints of any kind, is a form of complying in advance.
Asserting that there _ought_ to be such things is a form of demanding them, and forcing their elimination to be seen as a rupture.