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Reaching aaaall the way back to high school, this is basic locke theory of government. You give up a freedom to gain some protection against the jerks who would
by jvanderbot 3y ago
Reaching aaaall the way back to high school, this is basic locke theory of government. You give up a freedom to gain some protection against the jerks who would use that freedom against you.
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/locke-political/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/locke-political/
It does seem to me that most political arguments fall into this category
- ptsneves 3y agoI would argue that the OG of state violence monopoly is Thomas Hobbes and the concept of sovereign as the deposit of the individual’s ability for violence. Will read the link though. In Portugal there is also philosophy in high school and with time I realize that it was the most practical and important class I ever had and at the time me and my colleagues completely missed its value.