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Re:Is Trump mulling Peter Thiel for a top intelligence advis... by arethuza on Thursday September 21, 2017 @03:53AM (#15301330)
"Laws can be agreed between consenting parties."

That doesn't sound like a law - that sounds like a contract.

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Re:Is Trump mulling Peter Thiel for a top intelligence advis... by croon on Thursday September 21, 2017 @04:41AM (#15301574)
With no party to enforce it.
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Re:Is Trump mulling Peter Thiel for a top intelligence advis... by dagw on Thursday September 21, 2017 @05:20AM (#15301771)
So basically social norms and conventions.
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Re:Is Trump mulling Peter Thiel for a top intelligence advis... by likeclockwork on Thursday September 21, 2017 @08:22AM (#15302583)
All the parties who agreed to the contract are responsible for enforcing it.
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Re:Is Trump mulling Peter Thiel for a top intelligence advis... by croon on Friday September 22, 2017 @03:52AM (#15310164)
Against non-agreeing parties? So in the end it's just an elected government?
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Re:Is Trump mulling Peter Thiel for a top intelligence advis... by likeclockwork on Friday September 22, 2017 @01:17PM (#15314001)
No more than your neighbors constitute an elected government.
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