> kaibee 1 hour ago | parent | on: The Golden Age of Rich People Not Paying Their Tax... > If you support violence, that's fine. Go ahead and say so, and mak

> kaibee 1 hour ago | parent | on: The Golden Age of Rich People Not Paying Their Tax... > If you support violence, that's fine. Go ahead and say so, and make that arguement. Lots of people support the government's monopoly on violence. It is not a particularly controversial opinion to have. If someone is squatting in your house, benefiting from money you spend on it, you are justified in evicting them This argument is only valid if you believe that the 200 countries in the world own every single inch of land in the world. > . Just in those times, you were subject to the authority of invaders. Yes, and this would be described as violence. And that's fine. If you believe in the authority of the monopoly on violence of governments, all you have to do is say so! That's it! This is merely a descriptive claim I am making. That the act of owning every plot of land in the world, and preventing other people from owning it, and then kicking people off of 100% of the land, is violence. If there was an ever expanding mirror world, where people could up and leave too, then this would not be violence. Or in other words, owning 100% of something is violence, but owning 0.00001 % of something is not. And all you have to do is say that you support the uncontroversial opinion of the government monopoly on violence, and we are good to go. Easy!