Re:The gift of it's your problem now
by DarylZero on Thursday December 30, 2021 @09:15PM
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> rights and laws are an agreed upon arrangement
I don't know why people say this.
It's just a fairy tale. Laws aren't agreed upon; they're initiated by conquest and continue through the establishment of institutions that preserve an occupation over generations.
There may be some kind of "democratic" process for public participation in law-making, but that's not the same thing as laws being "agreed upon."
There may be some kind of cultural process for raising children to accept the laws that existed and were put in place by adults before them, but even that's not the same thing as laws being "agreed upon."
I don't know why people say this.
It's just a fairy tale. Laws aren't agreed upon; they're initiated by conquest and continue through the establishment of institutions that preserve an occupation over generations.
There may be some kind of "democratic" process for public participation in law-making, but that's not the same thing as laws being "agreed upon."
There may be some kind of cultural process for raising children to accept the laws that existed and were put in place by adults before them, but even that's not the same thing as laws being "agreed upon."