• grue
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    1 year ago

    Still, companies do have a right to do this, at this time, and I think it’s dangerously delusional to deny it.

    On the contrary: there’s a very important distinction that I’m trying to make between an entity having the “right” to do something and merely being able to “get away with” doing it. The framing of issues matters, and I believe ceding control of said framing to the neofeudalists is far more dangerous than being accused of “delusion” for pointing out the way things are supposed to be instead of accepting the corrupt status quo at face value.

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      1 year ago

      Ok, I think you have a point there.

      I still think it’s meaningless though. “A fine is a price”. If they can get away with it, they can do it. I don’t think there’s much of a point in relying on legislation to determine whether something should be done or not. Fundamentally, whether they have a right to it or not, they shouldn’t do it. Meaning they shouldn’t have that right, if they do.

      “The way things are supposed to be” according to who? Capital? The law, written by capital?