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Imagine denying other living and breathing lifeforms agency to thrive and change lol lol lol (mander.xyz)
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Fun facts: the UK has crazy laws protecting trees and hedgerows. There's a national tree registry for old boys.

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[–] 88 points 2 years ago (2 children)

and everyone just went with it.

Technically, how all law really works at its core.

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  • [–] 34 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    And money.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Technically, how all law really works at its core.

    Well, that and the threat of overwhelming unilateral violence

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