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Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

Would you steal if theft was not a crime? Why or why not?

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Would you steal if theft was not a crime? Why or why not?

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Stealing as a concept has existed for way longer than laws are
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  If they’d wasn’t a crime, it would be taking. Not stealing.
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    Nonhuman animals, which don’t have laws, still steal from each other.

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