And "retry" what? That "all states are based on coercive violence" doesn't mean Nazi Germany and modern Sweden or Finland are essentially the same, and when som

And "retry" what? That "all states are based on coercive violence" doesn't mean Nazi Germany and modern Sweden or Finland are essentially the same, and when someone pretends that's a good argument, that even needs rebuttal, anything I reply to that will get some further sophistry in response. Might as well say considering the heat death of the universe, the outcome of all actions is the same. Technically true, but realistically not worth my time. > And somewhere in between those two is "don't be in the wrong place when we are rounding up people we don't like in a country we just invaded, else you might just spend 15 years in an island prison without charge, representation, or compensation." What actually matters is that "coercive violence" ALSO applies to locking up rapists. So instead of avoiding that, tell me how there is an issue with that, as if all coercion was the same, no matter the reason or context or outcome. You can bring countless examples for violent coercion in bad faith with bad outcomes in Western democracies, but I still only need that one example to refute the idea that all coercion is the same, and equally bad. This is so trivial that it shouldn't even need mentioning, and that comment I replied to doesn't even pass the smell test.