• yesman@lemmy.world
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    24 days ago

    Yea, laws are made up. So is currency, boarders, sovereignty, human rights, and democracy. Made up things are consequential.

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      24 days ago

      Identity too! That’s like the most important one I think. A lot of our worst behavior is in service of these completely made up identities which none-the-less help us secure access to resources.

      I heard someone talking about how a lot of our rituals are these imaginary actions we take to reify these imaginary but vital institutions like identities and nation states.

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      23 days ago

      Exacly this, all of pur societally functioning things are based on our exceptance of enforcing rules upon purselves. Without laws, you can’t have human rights.