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The alternative view is that 'power abhors a vacuum'. If we, the society, don't fill it with a government and try to control it (admittedly not an easy, and al
by RobertoG 9y ago
The alternative view is that 'power abhors a vacuum'.
If we, the society, don't fill it with a government and try to control it (admittedly not an easy, and always imperfect, endeavour), it will be fill by something that have not our interest as a priority.
Of course, this doesn't make sense for people who think, literally, that "there is no such thing as society" [1].
[1] http://briandeer.com/social/thatcher-society.htm http://briandeer.com/social/thatcher-society.htm
- arethuza 9y agoI seem to remember that Thatcher was all for society when it came to fighting wars (NB I am from the UK and old enough to vividly remember the war in question).