Should you need consent before recording the police committing a crime?

Should you need consent to cite/copy someone’s work in order to critique it?

Should you need consent before quitting your job?

Not everything needs consent and in fact, the entire concept of requesting consent flies in the face of our rights in many scenarios.

There’s a whole lot of people—in power—that would love it if everything required consent.

Consent is a complicated topic that should not be talked about like it is all black and white.

I noticed you didn’t seek my consent before making this comment. Why do you only think consent matters some of the time?

Literally everyone thinks consent only matters some of the time. If you want to have a real discussion about this, come back when you have an actually coherent point to make.