Comment on By letting the capitalistic class write the laws we let them dictate the morality of the country.
confusedbytheBasics@lemmy.world 11 months agoYep! Like gender. It may be a social construct but obviously that social construct is very important.
The only reason I can think of to remind people that something is a social construct is to help them remember change is possible and entirely within our control as a society.
Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Your last sentence is 100% the point. None of the consequences or limitations or expectations created by our legal system are founded on some fundamental, unchangeable, thing. They’re all just what we’ve agreed on, and we can change that agreement
confusedbytheBasics@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Amen!