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> Our legal position supporting our claim is clear: that the territory has never been part of Croatia and falls outside of its borders. My legal position is th
by hn_throwaway_99 3y ago
> Our legal position supporting our claim is clear: that the territory has never been part of Croatia and falls outside of its borders.
My legal position is that I'm king of the universe, but I've had some difficulty getting recognition by other states.
This will go down exactly how all these silly "sovereign citizen", seasteader, etc. type things go down. People have somehow forgotten that all of our "legal fictions" we've created are just that: fictions. They are general rules that we've set up to manage society, but unless you have the ability to back up your stance with force, or to convince someone else to back you with force, "legal positions" are meaningless.
- joe_the_user 3y agoThey are general rules that we've set up to manage society, but unless you have the ability to back up your stance with force, who to convince someone else to back you with force, "legal positions" are meaningless. These "market anarchists" have an odd need to believe that the literal interpretation of human-dreamed-up laws would will be sufficient to protect them forever. It seems like this belief goes with the need to believe that in their future "selfish-market-behavior-creates-mutual-benefit" society, the stronger won't use their strength to subjugate the weak.
- breakyerself 3y agoNot to mention that every attempt at basic administration of society is viewed as a violation of the rights of the individualists living their libertarian values so you end up with nothing but dysfunction and a breakdown of society. https://newrepublic.com/article/159662/libertarian-walks-into-bear-book-review-free-town-project https://newrepublic.com/article/159662/libertarian-walks-int...
- kderbyma 3y ago[flagged]