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Timstone, I may be missing something in the Dutch/English transalatiuon but why do you hate ECONOMY, do you mean you hate capitalism?

You have to remember that lawyers are one of the oldest professions. In Ancient Greece/Ancient Rome, they were employed as arbiters on behalf of the common people to counterbalance the authority of the state, and to aid the democratic process by ensuring that anybody had access to a appropriate advice.

That is what happens now, say you are caught doing something nefarious in Kleigat Pampercity, who is going to stop the police doing what the hell they want with you and breaking all sorts of laws. The answer is your inaliable right to appoint a lawyer, their purpose is to speak for you and to ensure that your constitutional rights are not abused.

It is all about balance.

The real reason why people dont like lawyers is becasue they have to use them when something bad is happening. People are already in a poor situation and having to pay for advice is just something else that adds to their woes (it is strange how many people DONT MIND paying their lawyers' fees when they get the result they want)..

I am a corporate lawyer so I get a bad name as people think I am responsible for all the woes on teh global stock markets etc. They actually seem to forget that I act for banks that are lending money to companies to acquire other companies. Generally, this means that the workforce keep their jobs and dont get laid off, that the company has the funds to prosper and grow and that more people get jobs. It is capitalism and certain elements of capitalism are despicable, but at the end of the day it is one of the few economic systems that ACTUALLY WORKS...

Feudalism didn't, communism didn't, you may not like it but capitalism generally does work