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"the capacity for doing harm is only very large when you have highly centralised power structures" I don't think this is true. Look at the Mongols. A few nom
by elindbe2 6y ago
"the capacity for doing harm is only very large when you have highly centralised power structures"
I don't think this is true. Look at the Mongols. A few nomadic tribes got together and conquered most of Asia. They created a highly centralized power center by force but they didn't start out with one.
- tdeck 6y agoI'm not sure that's a good example because these tribes themselves were autocratic in governance before they conquered other nations.
- elindbe2 6y agoI don't think it was "highly centralized" compared to say Imperial China as an example. It was a bunch of nomadic tribes banding together. And there's no reason to believe all autocracy could be abolished and forever prevented from forming under (or outside of) an anarchist regime.