Tahlia Isaac

And I think also like the male experience or this like big bad place somewhere over there where bad people go.

And we just kind of don't even give it another thought.

Yeah.

So like the basis of our justice system is that in exchange for us allowing the government to enact the arms of justice, we give them full control of that and we entrust that they are going to do it in the correct way that keeps us safe.

They also need to provide the foundational conditions to keep us safe.

So we're talking basic human needs that allows the community to successfully execute what it looks like to live in a harmonious community.

So like food, shelter, belonging, safety, those are the fundamental things that we need to exist in a community harmoniously.

And we trust the government or the people that are in power.

And mob did it before, and it was elders that we entrusted.

And then we entrusted them to enact forms of justice that were both relational.

So they both kept people accountable, but also continued this harmonious relationship within the community.

So that's what I mean by the social contract.

It's in its current form, in the current system we have.

We entrust our governments rather than our elders.

And now- I mean, that's where the concept originated from.

Yeah.

And then kind of European philosophers kind of took the concept over.

Yeah.

And then this is what we have now as a social contract is that we entrust our governments and that it's supposed to be a two-way street.

Well, the basic conditions to exist in a community harmoniously without hurting each other are getting worse and worse.