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Yes. (Among a million other things. ALL the rules that determine who is a billionaire and who is a beggar are social choices, because wealth is a social relatio
by Chinjut 9y ago
Yes. (Among a million other things. ALL the rules that determine who is a billionaire and who is a beggar are social choices, because wealth is a social relation. The fact that there even are these particular different possible ways for people to be treated is a social choice.)
- Mz 9y ago"Possession is nine tenths of the law." (Though Wikipedia tells me it means something else: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possession_is_nine-tenths_of_the_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possession_is_nine-tenths_of_t... My assumption has always been that the phrase meant that 90% of law is related to who owns what, basically.)