20+ years ago, and I definitely would not have consented to shit then that I love now.
Yes, but past you did consent to shit back then (loans, etc) that affect you today, whether or not you love it. So what’s the difference if the timeline is reversed?
Yes, but past you did consent to shit back then (loans, etc) that affect you today, whether or not you love it.
Well, I’m not currently experiencing the shit I consented to then (loans are a non sequitur to this conversational topic), and consent is very much temporal and retractable.
It is temporal in that I can consent to something today, but that doesn’t mean you have consent to do it forever. If I agree to do something with you today, that has no bearing on whether or not I will agree to it a year later.
And being retractable should be blindingly obvious. Anyone can withdraw their consent at any time, you don’t get to make that choice for another being.
So what’s the difference if the timeline is reversed?
Do we really need to explain to you why it wouldn’t be ok to provide consent for another being? Or that there is an immeasurable difference between making a financial decision when you’re ~18 vs someone else (past you is not future you, so they are different entities - no mind share to make them the same) saying you can be raped at ~12?
This is a perfect example of the Ship of Theseus, only we can say for certain they are two different people.
I don’t know about you, but I’m not the same person I was 20+ years ago, and I definitely would not have consented to shit then that I love now.
Yes, but past you did consent to shit back then (loans, etc) that affect you today, whether or not you love it. So what’s the difference if the timeline is reversed?
Well, I’m not currently experiencing the shit I consented to then (loans are a non sequitur to this conversational topic), and consent is very much temporal and retractable.
It is temporal in that I can consent to something today, but that doesn’t mean you have consent to do it forever. If I agree to do something with you today, that has no bearing on whether or not I will agree to it a year later.
And being retractable should be blindingly obvious. Anyone can withdraw their consent at any time, you don’t get to make that choice for another being.
Do we really need to explain to you why it wouldn’t be ok to provide consent for another being? Or that there is an immeasurable difference between making a financial decision when you’re ~18 vs someone else (past you is not future you, so they are different entities - no mind share to make them the same) saying you can be raped at ~12?