A Boring Dystopia

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By letting the capitalistic class write the laws we let them dictate the morality of the country. (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by STRIKINGdebate2 to c/aboringdystopia

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Those animal crimes are still socially constructed among those various species! Social construct means some thing or dynamic or situation that is created through interaction between numerous actors rather than something extant in the physical world.

[+] WhyDoesntThisThingWork 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

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[–] BradleyUffner 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The point of saying that something is a social construct is to show that it isn't some immutable requirement of nature. It's something we decided to do, and most importantly, could decide to do differently if we all just pulled our heads out of our asses. It's the reply to people who say "it's always been that way" and look at you like you are crazy for suggesting we do something different.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Who is trying to "negate" anything???? I am SO fucking sick of people misunderstanding social constructs. Literally EVERY TIME it's mentioned, someone assumes that a thing being a social construct means we should erase it. That's NOT what we're saying. We're saying it can be changed. It's honestly a really trite point, duh laws can change, but whatever. It's still a social construct and it's frustrating seeing people argue that it's not. People need to learn the shit you're complaining about before you complain about it.

I'm sorry this comment is far more rude than my previous one but I just woke up and haven't drank my patience juice yet