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Anarchy might work. But only after the authoritarian jerks (maybe 10-20%) had been killed. Burroughs did go on about that, but maybe he was joking. I was just
by mirimir 7y ago
Anarchy might work. But only after the authoritarian jerks (maybe 10-20%) had been killed. Burroughs did go on about that, but maybe he was joking.
I was just rereading Abercrombie's A Little Hatred, and came across this, said by Sand dan Glokta (a notorious torturer) to a young associate:
> The goal of government, you see, is to load the unhappiness on to those least able to make you suffer for it.
- ksdale 7y agoMy own personal opinion based on no data whatsoever is that you're way underestimating the number of people who would be authoritarian jerks under the right circumstances. I think the numbers are reversed, only 10-20% of people wouldn't become authoritarian jerks under any circumstances, so it's important to build systems that limit the damage that authoritarian jerks can do.
- DubiousPusher 7y agoYeah and terror has a way of making those authoritarian jerks come out of the woodwork. See the repeated variously aligned purges of the French Revolution.