• im_fine_sandy@nord.pub
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    3 days ago

    That’s true, but the purpose of laws is to establish a bare minimum of satisfactory behavior in contemporary society.

    That is to say, people who don’t understand why you shouldn’t steal things, are still held to that standard of behavior.

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      3 days ago

      if that was the case, the stealing class wouldn’t have robbed people for hundreds of years. yet, stealing is now called “profit.”

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      2 days ago

      No idea why this is being downvoted.

      The underlying theory behind The Holocaust, chattle slavery, and segregation was the upholding of property rights. @im_fine_sandy@nord.pub has the problem dead to rights. Holding property above people consistently leads to hypercriminalization of the underclass.

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        Because im_fine_sandy is fine with the rule makers owning private properties and capitalization, otherwise they wouldn’t demand lawyering be a convention for morality.

        Morality existed far longer than laws and court.

        Anarchists are saying lawyering made rulers ruler.

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          Anarchists are saying lawyering made rulers ruler.

          Wait, what?

          Which Anarchist has ever said this?

          Morality existed far longer than laws and court.

          Morality without consensus, which leads to conflict and violence

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                Better keep on reading then. ’Cause even both young Marx & Conservative Marx wrote extensively on lawmakers, law enforcement, and courts. Not that I approve of his ideas, I honestly doubt you read even both eras of Marx to be unaware of why laws exist.

                Self-belief

                Thank you for acknowledging it was your uneducated opinion, and not something I have yet to peer review. Altruism even exists among insects.

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                  22 hours ago

                  both young Marx & Conservative Marx wrote extensively on lawmakers, law enforcement, and courts

                  Not in a way that aligns with your beliefs.

                  Thank you for acknowledging it was your uneducated opinion

                  If you use words, it helps for you to know what they mean.

                  Altruism even exists among insects.

                  Altruism isn’t conflict resolution.

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                    20 hours ago

                    Altruism isn’t conflict resolution.

                    Actually, what do you know about this? I’d be delighted to learn what you earnestly believe this is, and how to achieve this.