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Because you live in a society
by FeepingCreature 5y ago
Because you live in a society
- vixen99 5y agoSo do the citizens of Byelorussia and North Korea. They also have to obey the rules. So 'because you live in a society' doesn't take us any further does it?
- lm28469 5y agoI know you're arguing in bad faith but Germany is closer to a democracy than """Byelorussia""" and NK.
- Tepix 5y agoIt makes clear that you have to follow the rules in whatever country you live in.
- SiempreViernes 5y agoThe question was about why courts had power over FB and "you live in a society" explains that. Your (bad faith) attack completely fails at questioning that reasoning, because the reason is true regardless of your feeling about the particular courts that exist in a given society.
- playguardin 5y agoAnd the society is garbage.
- hnbad 5y agoI think there is a fruitful discussion to be had about whether the "social contract" is legitimate or simply a post-hoc justification for the status quo, but that seems like a grandiose topic for a discussion about the specifics of national laws. The more accurate answer is: because the state holds the monopoly of violence and will use it against you if you don't follow its laws. Resistance will result in punishment. The reason courts have the power to make you do as they say is that if you don't, eventually armed people will come to your home and incarcerate you. Short of an armed insurrection there's really no way to avoid this unless you're Jeff Bezos (and even then you won't get away with everything but the consequences will likely be less unpleasant).