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minus-squareArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·9 days agoLaws aren’t a matter of public consensus (although public consensus is one way of determining what should be illegal). They’re meaningful if men with guns show up and use force against someone who breaks them.
minus-squareArchangel1313@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 days agoThey’re only meaningful if the rest of us allow that to happen.
Laws aren’t a matter of public consensus (although public consensus is one way of determining what should be illegal). They’re meaningful if men with guns show up and use force against someone who breaks them.
They’re only meaningful if the rest of us allow that to happen.