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0 pointsint_19h3y ago0 comments

A set of rules that also applies equally to the government itself is one thing. But "do as I say, not as I do" is not that.

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mulmen3y ago

That’s the “monopoly on violence“. The government isn’t equal. They hold the monopoly on violence, until they get so far out of line that the people take it back. The only open question is how to prevent that from happening.

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0 pointsint_19h3y ago0 comments

A set of rules that also applies equally to the government itself is one thing. But "do as I say, not as I do" is not that.

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mulmen3y ago

That’s the “monopoly on violence“. The government isn’t equal. They hold the monopoly on violence, until they get so far out of line that the people take it back. The only open question is how to prevent that from happening.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse