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[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 49 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

and this is why people need to be informed of the ultimate legal loophole: the law is simply a collective agreement, if enough people make it clear to everyone else that they think the law is nonsense we can just change it regardless. It's not a magic document enforced by fae.

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 day ago

One of my favorite ways this has ever been expressed is through David Graeber. Paraphrasing:

If you convince 100 million people that you can breathe under water, and you go sit at the bottom of a lake, you drown.

If you convince 100 million people you're the king of France... Then you're the king of France.

[–] meeeeetch@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

If the last few months haven't made that clear to people, maybe the next few years will.

[–] tyr0sine@mander.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

I'm picturing "Mr Bill Goes to Washington" with some dapper wings.