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> And we do want to be like that, in theory One problem is that the whole illusion of power a government requires to operate falls apart when this promise isn'
by lazyjones 7y ago
> And we do want to be like that, in theory
One problem is that the whole illusion of power a government requires to operate falls apart when this promise isn't kept in practice and a large number of people become aware of this failure through media. Perhaps the news and following public outcries about e.g. police violence in the US serve a (second) purpose.
- krapp 7y agoYes, in exchange for the people ceding their right to violence to the state, states are supposed to be trustworthy and neutral arbiters who follow their own rules and are subject to the will of the people. Both the people and the state are supposed to be limited in their power. When that falls apart, and people decide to no longer participate in the fiction that is civil society, things can get ugly.