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> Things will be owned by whoever has more pointy sticks :D That sounds like the feudal or socialist systems. Isn't one of the points of modern democracies tha
by robertlagrant 2y ago
> Things will be owned by whoever has more pointy sticks :D
That sounds like the feudal or socialist systems. Isn't one of the points of modern democracies that we have the pointy sticks for outside invaders, and a legal system that replaces the system of internal-facing pointy sticks with an economic system and a justice system?
- krapp 2y agoNo. All systems of law, regardless of their "democratic" nature, are based on the principle of the state's monopoly on violence, and that violence is always directed towards the citizenry. No matter how civil your society may seem, resistance to the state will eventually mean you get shot or beaten with truncheons.
- short_sells_poo 2y agoExactly. Democratic and highly civilized countries still enforce property rights with pointy sticks. They maintain their claim on their territory against outside invaders with the army, and internally they enforce the laws of ownership using the police.