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It's not a "death penalty". It's natural reality, akin to stepping off a high cliff - a choice with natural consequences. Forcing another person to share a bit

• klibertp 10y ago
  > It's natural reality Well, yeah, but this is why we form a society: to make ourselves immune to what's natural (as in "what animals do"). There's no need for society rules to emulate a savannah we all come from, is there? > Forcing another person to share a bit of their wealth IS a death threat. ? I don't understand?
  • ctdonath 10y ago
    You say "share your wealth". I say "no". How do you intend to resolve this? likely by an escalation of force, via fines, incarceration, and (if I say "no" with enough force) siege or execution. That's how government fundamentally works: escalation of compulsion until submission or death.
    • eli_gottlieb 10y ago
      >That's how government fundamentally works: escalation of compulsion until submission or death. Of course, but it goes the other way around, too. I say, "I'll take some fruit off this tree". You say, "die trespasser!" and shoot at me. You have now shot at me. You no doubt have an ideological justification: that property titles magically justify shooting at nonviolent people in a way that nothing else does. You equate alternative management schemes for natural resources with physical violence against a human being, which is why your scheme inevitably breaks down into you finding elaborate ways to say "fuck you and die" to everyone around you while spraying machine-gun fire everywhere.