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It's sad that most people are less "legally literate" than they are "scientifically literate", when the former affects them more often throughout life. Schools

It's sad that most people are less "legally literate" than they are "scientifically literate", when the former affects them more often throughout life. Schools should teach kids how to not get screwed over with the law. Tenants' rights in particular is very important and almost nobody I know understands them, or how brazenly landlords/management companies will rip you off if you let them.

NegativeK 3y ago
Most people I see talking about their legal literacy are best described as cocky and dangerous to themselves and others they give advice to. The same behavior shows up with medical literacy. Maybe schooling could help with that.
- anticorporate 3y ago
  > Most people I see talking about their legal literacy are best described as cocky and dangerous to themselves and others they give advice to. 100%. I have a side hustle doing etching, engraving, and CNC-type things. The forums and groups for this kind of things are teeming with people who not just believe, but tell others, that copyright and trademark either don't apply to them for $reasons or doesn't even exist for things they found for "free" on the internet.
  - kelnos 3y ago
    That reminds me of people who post blatantly-copyright-infringing videos on YouTube, but put in the description "no copyright intended" (whatever that means) as some sort of defense.
  - 0xbadcafebee 3y ago
    Those people exist at least partly because they haven't received education to the contrary. There will always be cocky, ignorant, wrong people in the world. But they certainly won't get any smarter if we don't teach them.
rxvium 3y ago
Yes and no. I think it's important to make everyone aware of their basic rights, but also make it known that they are NOT legal experts by any means, and that it's a extremely complicated field. There's a reason why it takes several years of education and testing to become an attorney.
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NegativeK 3y ago

Most people I see talking about their legal literacy are best described as cocky and dangerous to themselves and others they give advice to. The same behavior shows up with medical literacy. Maybe schooling could help with that.

anticorporate 3y ago
> Most people I see talking about their legal literacy are best described as cocky and dangerous to themselves and others they give advice to. 100%. I have a side hustle doing etching, engraving, and CNC-type things. The forums and groups for this kind of things are teeming with people who not just believe, but tell others, that copyright and trademark either don't apply to them for $reasons or doesn't even exist for things they found for "free" on the internet.
- kelnos 3y ago
  That reminds me of people who post blatantly-copyright-infringing videos on YouTube, but put in the description "no copyright intended" (whatever that means) as some sort of defense.
- 0xbadcafebee 3y ago
  Those people exist at least partly because they haven't received education to the contrary. There will always be cocky, ignorant, wrong people in the world. But they certainly won't get any smarter if we don't teach them.

rxvium 3y ago

Yes and no. I think it's important to make everyone aware of their basic rights, but also make it known that they are NOT legal experts by any means, and that it's a extremely complicated field. There's a reason why it takes several years of education and testing to become an attorney.

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