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minus-squareJake Farm@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-28 months ago“Violence [is] The supreme authority from which all other authorities are derived.” - Robert A Heinlein
minus-squaresturlabragason@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-28 months agohttps://www.britannica.com/topic/state-monopoly-on-violence And nation states rob their subjects of this option. Edit: can someone explain their downvote to me? I’m not advocating violence, only saying that nation states hold a monopoly on it. Re-reading my comment, I kind of maybe was a bit agressive when I wrote it. Fuck it, take the power back.
minus-squarePrunebutt@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·8 months agoSeems like you read too much Engels.
minus-squareCheeseNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoI mean its totally accurate, Pretty much all countries today can trace their current borders back to violence, most land ownership traces back to violence, laws are one way or another enforced by the threat of violence…
minus-squarePrunebutt@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·8 months agoAnarchists don’t seek authority, though.
“Violence [is] The supreme authority from which all other authorities are derived.” - Robert A Heinlein
https://www.britannica.com/topic/state-monopoly-on-violence
And nation states rob their subjects of this option.
Edit: can someone explain their downvote to me? I’m not advocating violence, only saying that nation states hold a monopoly on it.
Re-reading my comment, I kind of maybe was a bit agressive when I wrote it. Fuck it, take the power back.
Seems like you read too much Engels.
I mean its totally accurate, Pretty much all countries today can trace their current borders back to violence, most land ownership traces back to violence, laws are one way or another enforced by the threat of violence…
Anarchists don’t seek authority, though.
That wolf does though.
Where?