When forgotten, rights ceased to exist: customary law as collective memory
voooooogel · x · 2026-10-20
Extending the discussion on information loss, the author relays the claim that customary law operated more naturally than modern statute law: once everyone had forgotten a right, it ceased to exist — the law as people believed it should be was the law, and the right of resistance was built on this principle.
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