> ""Legal fiction" is the only thing that gives anyone any control over anything, tangible or otherwise. Without various "legal fictions" that society imposes, what's to stop someone stronger, faster, sneakier or smarter than you from making off with any of your property?"

I don't steal from my friends, family, coworkers, and strangers.

Is that because of the law, workplace policy, or fear of social retribution and/or ostracism? No. So long as I kept it petty, there is realistically zero chance that I would be caught. It's because I'm not a dick.

Laws don't make us civilized. We have laws because we are civilized.

(Minority psychopaths/sociopaths notwithstanding)