▲ 1281 ▼ By letting the capitalistic class write the laws we let them dictate the morality of the country. (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by STRIKINGdebate2@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world 120 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] xkforce@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (2 children) This is an argument for punishing wage theft not that crime is a made up concept. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] geissi@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago To paraphrase my favorite author: THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF [LAW], ONE MOLECULE OF [CRIME]... permalink fedilink source parent [+] BassDroid@lemmy.world -6 points 2 years ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* To call something a social construct doesn't diminish the impact of that thing. Race is a social construct as well, and that too has very real impacts on people. Much of what humans interact with on a daily basis are social constructs. That doesn't make those things meaningless or trivial. Marriage is a social construct, but that doesn't mean I can go around acting like I'm single without consequence. permalink fedilink source parent [–] hglman@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) One crime has far less harsh sentences, far less enforcement, and a much more significant impact. Yet harm is the same by the money amounts. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jimbo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago The harm from wage theft is generally worse, as the employee is much more likely to be negatively impacted from missing that $100 than the employer is. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] geissi@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago To paraphrase my favorite author: THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF [LAW], ONE MOLECULE OF [CRIME]... permalink fedilink source parent
[+] BassDroid@lemmy.world -6 points 2 years ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* To call something a social construct doesn't diminish the impact of that thing. Race is a social construct as well, and that too has very real impacts on people. Much of what humans interact with on a daily basis are social constructs. That doesn't make those things meaningless or trivial. Marriage is a social construct, but that doesn't mean I can go around acting like I'm single without consequence. permalink fedilink source parent [–] hglman@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) One crime has far less harsh sentences, far less enforcement, and a much more significant impact. Yet harm is the same by the money amounts. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jimbo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago The harm from wage theft is generally worse, as the employee is much more likely to be negatively impacted from missing that $100 than the employer is. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* To call something a social construct doesn't diminish the impact of that thing. Race is a social construct as well, and that too has very real impacts on people. Much of what humans interact with on a daily basis are social constructs. That doesn't make those things meaningless or trivial. Marriage is a social construct, but that doesn't mean I can go around acting like I'm single without consequence. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) One crime has far less harsh sentences, far less enforcement, and a much more significant impact. Yet harm is the same by the money amounts. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jimbo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago The harm from wage theft is generally worse, as the employee is much more likely to be negatively impacted from missing that $100 than the employer is. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jimbo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago The harm from wage theft is generally worse, as the employee is much more likely to be negatively impacted from missing that $100 than the employer is. permalink fedilink source parent
