fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-26 months agoImagine denying other living and breathing lifeforms agency to thrive and change lol lol lolmander.xyzimagemessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up11.22Karrow-down119file-text
arrow-up11.2Karrow-down1imageImagine denying other living and breathing lifeforms agency to thrive and change lol lol lolmander.xyzfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-26 months agomessage-square81fedilinkfile-text
Fun facts: the UK has crazy laws protecting trees and hedgerows. There’s a national tree registry for old boys.
minus-squarewizzor@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·6 months agoSomeone thought me the concept of a legal fiction and I still think about it. Land ownership, companies, nation states, citizenship: all exist because we agree that it does.
minus-squareThe Snark Urge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·6 months agoThis crooked little vein of logic is what gave us sovereign citizens though, so be careful. Time may be an illusion and all, but schedules still exist.
minus-squareidiomaddict@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoI honestly agree with them about how dumb a lot of our legal system is. Their response is to try and make it dumber, though
Someone thought me the concept of a legal fiction and I still think about it.
Land ownership, companies, nation states, citizenship: all exist because we agree that it does.
And money.
This crooked little vein of logic is what gave us sovereign citizens though, so be careful. Time may be an illusion and all, but schedules still exist.
I honestly agree with them about how dumb a lot of our legal system is. Their response is to try and make it dumber, though