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Let's entertain this idea... Without a monopoly of violence, you have 3 alternatives: a) Multiple entities keeping each other in check, in perpetual competiti

Let's entertain this idea... Without a monopoly of violence, you have 3 alternatives: a) Multiple entities keeping each other in check, in perpetual competition... b) One faction becomes more powerful than the rest and eventually assimilates the rest or turn them into vassals. c) Factions decide to ally up and either assimilate the rest and make vassals out of them. Basically, smaller fish gets eaten by larger fish. The world is just like a large prison where you have to either become a large entity or belong to a large alliance otherwise you're fucked.

zo1 6y ago
We have had and currently have A, B and C, we just don't "see it" because it has an aura of "Democracy" and "will of the people". If we truly had freedom, it would be part of society, every government, the UN and considered a fundamental Human Right for individual groups of people to voluntarily group together and decide to "leave" their state/nation/entity/vassal/government/faction, and form their own "monopoly of violence" within their geographic area. But we don't have that. We belong and are forced under subjugation to our individual governments without any say in the matter other than "voting" and "community participation". We can dress it up any which way we want, but we're forced into a relationship by virtue of birth and we have no option to leave.