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Using people. Governments have been powerful far longer than guns have existed.
by theossuary 4y ago
Using people. Governments have been powerful far longer than guns have existed.
- bigyikes 4y agoWhat are the people holding if you resist with enough strength?
- devmunchies 4y ago> using people You mean violence. Physical force. In that context, the means is irrelevant and pedantic.
- Dylan16807 4y agoSo why specify guns? Especially when they're so rarely used in situations like this.
- smegger001 4y agobecause most governments quit using swords long enough ago that guns are now the symbol representing violent force.
- lazide 4y agoUsed? Sure. You don’t need to use it when everyone knows what will happen. The presence is enough 99% of the time. Or are you saying cops don’t have real pistols in their holsters, and agents just pretend to be armed on those raids?
- Dylan16807 4y agoA white collar raid doesn't need to bring guns.
- lazide 4y agoAnd yet they usually do.
- alvah 4y agoIt’s a widely-used aphorism for governments’ monopoly on violence, which, as others have pointed out, is ultimately how governments get people to do things they otherwise wouldn’t do.
- CydeWeys 4y agoWhat do you think they were using before guns? Hint: it's whatever weapons were commonplace at the time.
- headsoup 4y agoAnd what do said people threaten to use to maintain that control?
- ffhhj 4y agoAnts. Ants that bite people buried in sand up to the neck. These Bahamian islanders aren't playing games.