Comment on I really want people to learn that laws don't exist in nature

• one_old_coder@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Stealing is wrong, it’s a 4000 years old social contract that we put on a piece of paper because we’re smarter than animals. They have their own mind though that we cannot comprehend, which may explain why we don’t know yet how they enforce it fairly.

  Also we rely on cops to enforce laws the same way ants do it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_ant

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  • TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Wrong is a social construct as well. What one society believes is wrong another believes is right. The concept of personal property to steal in the first place is not universal.

    Is it wrong for me to “steal” food, or is it wrong for you to hoard food and let me and my family starve?

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    • unknownman@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Wrong is completely subjective, yeah. Now, it’s objectively better if stealing is considered “wrong”, though.

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      • TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I’d say that’s dependent on how you legally define stealing and who is stealing what.

        Stealing depends on a society to first define personal property, and that can be a tricky thing to do with any sense of equality.

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    • pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      You are wrong.

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