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right, but what is missing here is the observation that all the duties of a citizen also carry power to do harm. therefore, in order for society to prosper, its
by bronz 9y ago
right, but what is missing here is the observation that all the duties of a citizen also carry power to do harm. therefore, in order for society to prosper, its citizens must be able to handle guns and draino, because voting and going about their everyday lives have just as much potential to ruin things.
- darawk 9y agoThat's an interesting perspective, but I think those activities have fairly different risk profiles. Voting is a collective behavior and its harms are therefore smoothed through averaging. Gun violence isn't really like this. If 1% of the population votes in a crazy way, that's not such a big deal, but if 1% of the population engages in gun violence, that's an enormous problem.
- bronz 9y agogranted