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The legal system is kind of a scam (lemmy.ca)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/showerthoughts@sh.itjust.works
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They make laws really overcomplicated so that most people have no choice but hire lawyers

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[–] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I wonder if Roman currency and units of measurement were intentionally so bad. For a very long time, UK had a similarity complicated system, and switching to decimal money was pretty radical.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Fun fact!

    The £/s/d system comes from Charlemagne in the 8th century to unify currency in his Frankish empire, not Roman times! A Carolingian pound of pure silver (libra/pfund, about 408g) was divided in 20 shillings (solidus/schilling), themselves divided into 12 pennies (denarius/pfenning). Only pfennings were actually minted, the other two were accounting units.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    If I recall correctly, all of these convoluted units still trace back to the Roman Empire. Sure, the UK didn’t get it directly from Rome, but the connection is still there. The Romans invented this mess, and other countries just inherited it.

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