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By that incredibly circular definition, laws don't exist. All it takes is ignoring them and then they disappear! That's obviously not how things work. If you d
by vrganj 8mo ago
By that incredibly circular definition, laws don't exist. All it takes is ignoring them and then they disappear!
That's obviously not how things work. If you don't obey the law, you are a criminal. That's the whole point of laws.
- terminalshort 8mo agoThat's exactly correct. Laws are not a physical entity and therefore their existence is predicated entirely on collective agreement.
- vrganj 8mo agoSo if you and I agree laws don't matter, we can go rob a bank together and it's all good?
- terminalshort 8mo agoIf you and I, the president, congress, and the judiciary agree, then yes, and that's kind of the situation regarding the laws around starting a war.
- vrganj 8mo agoWhy only these local institutions? What makes those special?
- terminalshort 8mo agoThey have the power to enforce laws
- vrganj 8mo agoSo do the mall cop and the ICC. Why does this arbitrary level in-between matter?
- terminalshort 8mo agoThe mall cop much more so than the ICC
- vrganj 8mo agoThat sure is an attitude that explains why US soft power (and with that, Empire) has been crumbling at an unprecedented rate. You might not care about the rules, but the rest of the world takes notice. This is how you break a world order carefully designed to further your own interests.
- hackinthebochs 8mo agoA law defines the nature of collective action in response to certain violations. Words on paper themselves are impotent. If there is no potential for enforcement, i.e. there is no counterfactual state of collective action, there is no law.