Post by NFA on Feb 17, 2021 19:36:32 GMT 8
The Second Set of Books
These books, and the mandarin class that writes and interprets them, are the real law, determining what is permitted and what is forbidden.
By Christopher Roach February 16, 2021
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Competing books often make an appearance in accounting scandals. The first set of books is the official set for regulators and investors to see. And then there are the real books, which show the real state of the company.
I first encountered this phrase in a long essay by a veteran, who had a typically Kafkaesque encounter with the family law courts. He ultimately ended his life.
He wrote:
I first encountered this phrase in a long essay by a veteran, who had a typically Kafkaesque encounter with the family law courts. He ultimately ended his life.
He wrote:
Anyone swept up into legal mess is usually astonished at what they see. They cannot believe what the police, prosecutors and judges are doing. It is so blatantly wrong. Well, I can assure you that everything they do is logical and by the book. The confusion you have with them is you both are using different sets of books. You are using the old First Set of Books—the Constitution, the general laws or statutes and the court ruling sometime call [sic] Common Law. They are using the newer Second Set of Books. That is the collection of the policy, procedures, and protocols. Once you know what set of books everyone is using, then everything they do looks logical and upright.
The managerial state, whether the Soviet Union or at home, is rooted in the Second Set of Books.
The rules, procedures, and priorities of the bureaucrats determine which laws get enforced and which ones don’t.
These books determine when the exact opposite of the written laws and the written Constitution prevails.
The Second Set of Books also determines which companies, donors, and groups are entirely exempt from the rules that apply to everyone else.
In other words, these are the real laws, determining what is permitted and what is forbidden.
In other words, these are the real laws, determining what is permitted and what is forbidden.
These books, and the mandarin class that writes and interprets them, decide when a riot is “mostly peaceful” or a dangerous “insurrection.”
They determine when democracy means the opposite of democracy.
The Right’s historical practice of rallying around the Constitution or trying to elect the right people won’t work.
The Right’s historical practice of rallying around the Constitution or trying to elect the right people won’t work.
The Second Set of Books will still be there. The way Trump and his supporters have been treated shows that the problem is systemic and more fundamental.
We must accept there are real risks and a real struggle going forward.
We must accept there are real risks and a real struggle going forward.
And, even so, we must use every opportunity to dethrone, embarrass, and frustrate the unelected leaders who write and interpret this unjust anti-constitution, the Second Set of Books.