By letting the capitalistic class write the laws we let them dictate the morality of the country.

https://lemmy.world/post/8573708

By letting the capitalistic class write the laws we let them dictate the morality of the country. - Lemmy.World

Of course crime is a social construct. No examples are necessary. What else could it be?
People tend to forget that social constructs are very very real things that can have major material impacts on our lives. Those who don’t understand this use “it’s just a social construct” to dismiss the importance of certain concepts or abstract ideas. But most of human’s reality is made out of social constructs.

Yep! Like gender. It may be a social construct but obviously that social construct is very important.

The only reason I can think of to remind people that something is a social construct is to help them remember change is possible and entirely within our control as a society.

Your last sentence is 100% the point. None of the consequences or limitations or expectations created by our legal system are founded on some fundamental, unchangeable, thing. They’re all just what we’ve agreed on, and we can change that agreement
Amen!