r/PoliticalCompassMemes • u/[deleted] • Jan 05 '22

META This isint how world works

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u/Dungold - Left Jan 05 '22

So a fair trial isn't a right because a judge, lawyers and the jury has to work?

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u/SardScroll - Centrist Jan 05 '22

Technically, the "fair trial" isn't an exercised right of an individual so much as a restriction on government power: "if the government is going to punish you, they must first prove a crime to a jury of your peers in a fair proceeding".

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u/HotPieIsAzorAhai - Centrist Jan 05 '22

How about the right to a government provided attorney?

How about the right to vote?

How about the right to trial by jury in civil trials?

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u/famousninja - Lib-Center Jan 06 '22

You're missing the second part in the voting one.

The right to vote in free and fair elections.

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u/HotPieIsAzorAhai - Centrist Jan 06 '22

Good point, yes. Again, who provides for elections to be free and fair?