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Proudly banned from lemmy.ml for a) being critical of the CCP and b) being against the unlawful deportation of American minorities

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Cake day: August 10th, 2023

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  • “If I own something I can put it to any lawful use without restriction or compensation.”

    This also applies to my rental property, because it would be unlawful for me to use it in a way that violates my lease. If someone else gets to tell you what you can and can’t do with your property, is it really your property? Whether that’s because you signed a contract saying “I won’t grow pot here,” or you live in a region where local authorities can simply declare that you aren’t allowed to grow pot there, I don’t see the meaningful distinction. Of course, the concept of ownership is an ill-defined social construct to begin with, so this kind of disagreement is irreconcilable. We simply have different ideas of what defines “ownership.”

    As such, whether a vampire cop can enter your property using a warrant depends on whether the vampire understands it to be permission. QED


  • It’s not about ability to tax, it’s about ability to sieze. If the government didn’t own your land, then taking it without your permission would be theft. Since it isn’t theft if they take your land without your permission, it stands to reason that they own it. You don’t own the property, you own a piece of paper saying you’re allowed to live and build there.











  • My point is that we were never alive at all. We have no consciousness because of determinism, we follow a path that cannot be changed.

    This doesn’t follow. Consciousness does not necessitate free will. Just because it’s an emergent property of a complex set of deterministic chemical reactions in our brains doesn’t mean it somehow isn’t real.