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Of course we can. You're perhaps thinking of ownership as being something more than a social construction, but that's all it is. "Own" just means that we agree
by antonvs 2y ago
Of course we can. You're perhaps thinking of ownership as being something more than a social construction, but that's all it is.
"Own" just means that we agree with other people that we have certain rights over some property - land, or whatever. That ownership is enforced to varying degrees by society. That's it.
- brookst 2y agoYep. The same fallacy would get you “we can’t own a candy bar because its component atoms originated in distant stars billions of years ago and will outlive our solar system”. Sorry, no, that’s my Kit Kat.
- cwmoore 2y agoYou can have your Kit Kat and eat it too? You must be thinking of Twix.