Balenciaga isn't facing any criminal charges, I'm talking about public opinion. If somebody shows you who they are, believe them.

So, Balenciaga is checks notes an attention whore drumming up attention?

Gosh, it's almost like you're describing the entirety of high fashion.

Humans deserve benefit of the doubt. I'm not so sure the same should apply to corporations

Legally, sure.

In a society with a court of public opinion, the exact opposite is true.

Oh, so we should aspire to model ourselves after...

...middle school?

I would settle for the second semester of kindergarten.

To model ourselves after middle schoolers would be aspirational to a delusional degree.

Do we have rule of law though?

E.g. certain Russian oligarchs winning lawsuits in West because of some legalese. It feels like „rule of law“ nowadays is used to silence the weak and doesn't apply to the powerful ones.

Because you allege that the rule of law is implemented imperfectly, does not invalidate the entire project of the rule of law.

A great tool can cause great damage when missused.

The main question is what's the tangent. And TBH it looks quite sad in the past decade.

...which is an indictment of the misuse, not the tool. Or do we get rid of everything that "can cause great damage"?

Or label was stolen and plastered on a fake similar looking tool.

Maybe it needs tear down and rebuilding from scratch?

No such society exists or has ever existed.

We should aspire to nothing which has not existed previously!

Progress is an illusion!

There is only black and white!