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People don't own the things they buy. They don't have property rights today. Today, a mob or a single unaccountable low-level account reviewer may declare someo
by ldiracdelta 5y ago
People don't own the things they buy. They don't have property rights today. Today, a mob or a single unaccountable low-level account reviewer may declare someone an "out law" and anyone may do anything they like to him as is the old germanic tradition.
- dalbasal 5y agoOrwell believed euphemisation was the key element of said tradition. Food for thought, perhaps. Not everything needs to be turned up to 11 all the time, explicitly or not. Chill.
- _jal 5y ago> a mob or a single unaccountable low-level account reviewer may declare someone an "out law" I take it you prefer that power to be reserved for those with high status?
- im3w1l 5y agoThe nice thing with high status people is that there are so few of them. Makes it easier to hold them accountable.
- _jal 5y ago> Makes it easier to hold them accountable Sounds interesting. Let me know when that starts happening.
- dane-pgp 5y agoThat's a false dichotomy, but I'll offer this for an answer: "Yes, it should be reserved for those with high status, and high status should be reserved for people who are chosen by and accountable to the people over whom they have power."
- _jal 5y agoSee, I strongly disagree. I believe that, whatever my status, I have the right to associate with whomever I please. Which means I can shun whomever I please. I can also talk with whomever I please, including about people I'm avoiding. So you can have a 1st Amendment, or you can have your Designated Excommunicators, but you can't have both.