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FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 8 days ago

There are no laws! We made the whole thing up!

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There are no laws! We made the whole thing up!

FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 8 days ago
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      They keep claiming all immigrants are dangerous criminals, while not being at all concerned that a dangerous criminal is in charge of the government

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          I think it’ll take a collapse of America and complete restructuring of the government to fix things

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    Yea, laws are made up. So is currency, boarders, sovereignty, human rights, and democracy. Made up things are consequential.

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      Made up things are consequential.

      Sometimes

      All those things operate on Tinkerbell logic:

      currency, boarders, sovereignty, human rights, and democracy

      They can all be thrown away in an instance if people (for whatever reason) don’t fight for them.

      There will always be people who fight against those things, and people that don’t give a fuck too. But we always have to have enough willing to fight for them, the % necessary just fluctuates.

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        Seashells used to be currency

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          All it takes is one other person and you can bring it back.

          I’d wager to bet that every single day, someone trades a seashell for something.

          And I like being pedantic, so I’d say that seashells are actively currency.

          Because that’s really all it takes.

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      Exacly this, all of pur societally functioning things are based on our exceptance of enforcing rules upon purselves. Without laws, you can’t have human rights.

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    I mean, we did make them up. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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    “Laws are a threat made by the dominant socioeconomic ethnic group in a given nation. It’s just the promise of violence that’s enacted, and the police are basically an occupying army, you know what I mean?”

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    There are laws. We made them up.

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    There are no stories! We made them all up!

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    Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law

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    There are many social constructs that govern our lives

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    Might makes right is the whole of the law.

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    Just like we made up prisons.

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    Even your perception of trees is a construct of man.

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    Duh

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    Congratulations, you have discovered the starting point of anarchist philosophy. Please, read further. It’s good stuff.

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    The checks are fraudulent and the balances have been tampered with

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    Except for laws of physics and math and such. 🙃

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