@fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish • edit-22 months agoImagine denying other living and breathing lifeforms agency to thrive and change lol lol lolmander.xyzimagemessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up11.21Karrow-down120file-text
arrow-up11.19Karrow-down1imageImagine denying other living and breathing lifeforms agency to thrive and change lol lol lolmander.xyz@fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish • edit-22 months agomessage-square79fedilinkfile-text
Fun facts: the UK has crazy laws protecting trees and hedgerows. There’s a national tree registry for old boys.
minus-square@Duamerthrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish86•2 months ago and everyone just went with it. Technically, how all law really works at its core.
minus-square@wizzor@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish32•2 months agoSomeone thought me the concept of a legal fiction and I still think about it. Land ownership, companies, nation states, citizenship: all exist because we agree that it does.
minus-squareThe Snark UrgelinkfedilinkEnglish10•2 months agoThis crooked little vein of logic is what gave us sovereign citizens though, so be careful. Time may be an illusion and all, but schedules still exist.
minus-square@Madison420@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 months agoI mean they aren’t technically wrong some of the time, we shouldn’t have to pay to exist it’s fucking crazy.
minus-square@idiomaddict@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoI honestly agree with them about how dumb a lot of our legal system is. Their response is to try and make it dumber, though
minus-squareAlien Nathan EdwardlinkfedilinkEnglish12•2 months ago Technically, how all law really works at its core. Well, that and the threat of overwhelming unilateral violence
minus-square@Sylvartas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•2 months agoWhich usually does cause one to just go with it
minus-squareArmok: God of BloodlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoPeople could fight back if they cared enough.
Technically, how all law really works at its core.
Someone thought me the concept of a legal fiction and I still think about it.
Land ownership, companies, nation states, citizenship: all exist because we agree that it does.
And money.
This crooked little vein of logic is what gave us sovereign citizens though, so be careful. Time may be an illusion and all, but schedules still exist.
I mean they aren’t technically wrong some of the time, we shouldn’t have to pay to exist it’s fucking crazy.
I honestly agree with them about how dumb a lot of our legal system is. Their response is to try and make it dumber, though
Well, that and the threat of overwhelming unilateral violence
Which usually does cause one to just go with it
People could fight back if they cared enough.