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The threat of violence enforced the system that let them get the money (with a democratic government's name printed on it, mind you) to begin with. Was violence
by moshmosh 5y ago
The threat of violence enforced the system that let them get the money (with a democratic government's name printed on it, mind you) to begin with. Was violence immoral when it enforced a system that shaped wages and the returns of capital in such-and-such way?
- tryonenow 5y agoThere's a massive difference between using threat of violence to ensure that people are able to secure the legitimately owned fruits of their labor, and forcibly taking their labor outputs and redistributing them among those who are not contributing to the same degree or at all.
- chii 5y agoviolence only enforces contracts, which are formal promises. Violence doesn't enforce market rates for wages, demand and supply and other market forces.
- moshmosh 5y agoIs this in your ideal system? Because that is really far from being true.