• cucumber_sandwich@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      It absolutely does imo, it legitimises itself through an appeal to an underlying moral framework.

      Yes, but very indirectly. We don’t have a “moral police”, but one that enforces laws which are, as you say, legitimized by the people as a sovereign.

      So you don’t see police stopping people on “moral grounds” in some vague interpretation.