Re:Global oil use heads for steepest annual contraction
by guerrilla on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @12:22AM
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Yeah, social contract theory is something form a time when there was actually somewhere else to go. Now every border meets a border of some other domain.
Re:Global oil use heads for steepest annual contraction
by cinquemb on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @12:56AM
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Personally, I would rather fight for making the world a cleaner/healthier place to live without trying to sacrifice socioeconomic well being, especially of those at the margins of our societies who can barely make a living doing the most laborious and strenuous tasks.
Trying to take away/cut things people have come to expect and offer nothing of equivalent in return? Good luck with that.
"Social contract arguments typically posit that individuals have consented, either explicitly or tacitly, to surrender some of their freedoms and submit to the authority (of the ruler, or to the decision of a majority) in exchange for protection of their remaining rights or maintenance of the social order"
And of those who refuse to consent, explicitly or tacitly and disagree with others definitions of "social order"? Do people expect them to just roll over without fighting?