Laws have always been the way the upper class controls the lower classes. When we had more bargaining power they spent more effort to keep us happy, but as we gradually lose bargaining power we are seeing them take more and more.
To elaborate: laws always existed to decide who wins and who doesn’t. It just used to be more subtle mechanisms, like capital giving access to lawyers and skilled labor. Other times it was super obvious, such as with slavery.
Laws have always been the way the upper class controls the lower classes. When we had more bargaining power they spent more effort to keep us happy, but as we gradually lose bargaining power we are seeing them take more and more.
To elaborate: laws always existed to decide who wins and who doesn’t. It just used to be more subtle mechanisms, like capital giving access to lawyers and skilled labor. Other times it was super obvious, such as with slavery.