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Yes, that is the definition of government. Until you remove the capacity of man to do violence, that is the only form of government which can exist.
by sethrin 8y ago
Yes, that is the definition of government. Until you remove the capacity of man to do violence, that is the only form of government which can exist.
- mmirate 8y agoOthers disagree: http://www.daviddfriedman.com/The_Machinery_of_Freedom_.pdf http://www.daviddfriedman.com/The_Machinery_of_Freedom_.pdf
- sethrin 8y agoYou mean, others assume a logical impossibility and proceed from there. Violence is not an eradicable part of humanity, even in prisons. It doesn't go away if you get rid of the violent government, you simply have unrestrained violence (anarchy), which is not a stable state, but an unstable local minimum. Ultimately, might does make right, in the sense that the irresistible (violent) power of the collective does dictate what the rights of the individual are. I'm sorry if you don't like that.