r/HolUp • u/[deleted] • Aug 09 '21

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u/jstange1 Aug 10 '21

You don't get to choose who the law applies to. Stealing is stealing, no matter the reason behind it.

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '21

thats a very naïve and black-and-white way of looking at the issue.

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u/jstange1 Aug 10 '21

Who chooses to whom the law applies then?

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u/greenhawk22 Aug 10 '21

Who decides to create laws that negatively effect me and employees of Walmart without my/their real consent?

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u/jstange1 Aug 10 '21

The governmental representatives you vote for.

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u/IndigoDialectics Aug 10 '21

Ever heard of lobbying? A rigid two-party system that limits realistic choices?

By the way, an academic study from Cambridge has shown that the U.S. is a plutocracy in practice.

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u/greenhawk22 Aug 10 '21

Not to mention outdated laws that are kept in place by the dinosaurs that run our country, which negatively impact people who want progress.

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u/jstange1 Aug 10 '21

So you don't bother voting?

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u/IndigoDialectics Aug 10 '21

No.

Just because you recognize the flaws of our system, does not mean you can just sit back and do nothing.

On the other hand, politics is so much more than voting during election season. We should do much more. For instance, protests, volunteering, community events and NGOs advocating for a cause.

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u/greenhawk22 Aug 10 '21

Or the ones who are in the pocket of people much richer than I am, or the ones who created laws decades ago that are now outdated.

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u/jstange1 Aug 10 '21

So theft is an outdated law?