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> using people You mean violence. Physical force. In that context, the means is irrelevant and pedantic.
by 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.