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There was another unrelated story on here about a judge saying public morality no longer fell within the judiciary's purview. Although it was concerned primarily with religious legal disputes, I think it shows a trend towards further merchant-driven amoralism in yet another sector of society. Basically, the future of law is not dominated by the sage-technocrat as it has been for decades, who has held sway over what is right and wrong in society i.e. justice. Now, every person in a society is guided by his or her own morality which is a mercantile, consumerist one. It's the same across the board, whether you're working in the services sector or retail, a consumer yourself of retail or the like, or a client... you're either a business or a customer. There will be a change soon.

References to all the archaic terms are courtesy of David Priestland's Merchant, Solider, Sage, which is by the way a great read (http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/aug/23/merchant-soldier-sage-priestland-review).

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