Jordan Kendrick :popos: (@jordan_kendrick@fosstodon.org)
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@Ertain@mast.linuxgamecast.com @gamingonlinux@mastodon.social If purchasing isn’t owning, then piracy isn’t stealing.

I am ashamed that I hadn’t reasoned this through given all the rubbish digital services have pulled with “purchases” being lies.

  • Demuniac@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    7 months ago

    Would you rather everyone can just walk into your house and take whatever they want? I for one am quite happy with the rules and morals we keep.

    Those flags put up are often there to keep different cultures with different rules apart. It’s not as easy as erasing borders to have a free world. People are too selfish for that.

    Sure, governments still steal all the time. Things are definitely not perfect, but that’s not related to someone stealing your lighter.

    • AnarchistsForDemocracy@lemmy.world
      21·
      7 months ago

      Possession is what you literally currently use, I am talking about property things that you do not currently use but still decide over. So the house you live in is in your possession (and also your property) but the 100 others you own are in your property not in your possession.

      So nobody should ever be able to take the car you use even if yours is better than mine, or even if i dont have one. But nobody should be able to keep people from using anything they dont use themselves.

      does that make sense?

      regading selfishness - well currently they are, you are right, I would agree with you there

      However just like a tiger in a small cage in a zoo does show unusual behaviour that deviates from its healthy behaviour in the wild. So do we humans under the conditions of lack of freedom show behaviour that is dysfunctional that would not be displayed would we live under freedom. Selfishness at least in that sense is a consequnce of our current conditions. However I do not believe human beings have to be angles before we can stop fencing of most of the world to most of the people.

      • Demuniac@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        7 months ago

        Selfishness is part of the human condition. Tribes needed to fight over resources and mark their territory in order to keep the tribe alive. It’s in your instinct.

        There have always been borders and territories, and there have always been fights and wars over it.

        I don’t really see how your “if you don’t use it” policy applies here, and I also think the problem of this topic is easier than that.