Fun facts: the UK has crazy laws protecting trees and hedgerows. There’s a national tree registry for old boys.

  • wizzor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    30·
    2 months ago

    Someone thought me the concept of a legal fiction and I still think about it.

    Land ownership, companies, nation states, citizenship: all exist because we agree that it does.

      • The Snark Urge@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        2 months ago

        This crooked little vein of logic is what gave us sovereign citizens though, so be careful. Time may be an illusion and all, but schedules still exist.

        • Madison420@lemmy.world
          English
          4·
          2 months ago

          I mean they aren’t technically wrong some of the time, we shouldn’t have to pay to exist it’s fucking crazy.

        • idiomaddict@feddit.deEnglish
          2·
          2 months ago

          I honestly agree with them about how dumb a lot of our legal system is. Their response is to try and make it dumber, though