• yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    15 hours ago
    • Buying food in order to destroy it is bad.

    • Buying art in order to destroy it, also bad.

    Ownership itself is a pragmatic social construct: you “own” things insofar as that “makes sense.”

    Does it make sense for Amazon to own rare books? Not really. I’m not sure why that would be allowed. It’s like a child owning a rocket. It simply makes no sense in most contexts.

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      5 hours ago

      Are you suggesting we have food and art police? Would a government body decide what I am allowed or not allowed to do with my wagyu steak? Having freedoms sometimes mean we have to accept the actions of others we disagree with.

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        39 minutes ago

        Did I make any policy suggestions? These are simply moral facts. Laws are a matter of convenience, and if it’s inconvenient for us to legally constrain some evil behaviors, oh well.