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Re:The Case for Degrowth by zmgsabst on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @11:47PM (#32421349)
> the right to not have other people's choices imposed on you is a made-up right

You just said the right to not be a slave is a made-up right.

> it's too onerous to have to maintain lists of houses not to put out if they're on fire

So don’t? — but you’re losing me at the point you go from “I save money by not tracking exceptions” to “I have the right to make you participate because I want your money”.

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Re:The Case for Degrowth by pessimizer on Thursday August 11, 2022 @12:51AM (#32421710)
If you consider obeying the law equivalent to slavery, then I absolutely am saying that. The law is other people's choices imposed upon you.
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Re:The Case for Degrowth by zmgsabst on Thursday August 11, 2022 @10:20AM (#32426032)
Sure — as is slavery.

Which is my point: you’re not differentiating between the two, while asserting that you don’t have the same rights in one case.

Slavery was also the law.

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