A law is just an articulation from an authority, and any power it has it derives entirely from ongoing articulation by prevailing authorities. Libertarianism again fails to see that its values rest on the very principles it rejects.https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/962348986748334080 …
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Replying to @garrettlgray
The concept of "law" got hopelessly muddled centuries ago. A law is something you can use to make predictions. A decree is a law if and only if it is effectively enforced. Not all decrees are laws, not all laws are decrees.
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Replying to @anomalyuk
Seems a bit odd to, in one tweet, both claim that a concept has been hopelessly muddled and offer a definitive encapsulation of that concept
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Replying to @garrettlgray
I like my definition; it's clean and elegant and useful, it just unfortunately doesn't correspond with current usage.
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