About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of selective rules in society and how it affects trust and justice.

Send us Fan Mail When the rules apply to some people but not others, trust begins to break. Today’s Opening Argument starts on a factory floor, where one worker watches a simple safety rule become optional for someone with the right connection. But the lesson is bigger than one workplace. A republic can survive hard rules. What it cannot survive is selective rules. When power starts handing out exceptions to the connected, ordinary Americans learn that justice has become negotiable. Pre...

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Host: Tony Michaels

Topics covered

• justice
• power
• safety rules
• workplace
• trust
• exceptions

Keywords

• safety rules
• justice
• power
• workplace
• trust
• exceptions

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Organizations: The Tony Michaels Podcast

Places: America

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