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The people that run that killing power are also citizens, and they either must be bought at an increasing steep price, or they will go with the bulk of the nati
by Aloha 10mo ago
The people that run that killing power are also citizens, and they either must be bought at an increasing steep price, or they will go with the bulk of the nation (mostly with their near and distant relatives who are suffering) - network effects are very real here.
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- beeflet 10mo agoWhat happens when the killing power is a autonomous machine? Like now?
- throw310822 10mo agoIt's a very valid concern, but technological advances are also available to the people. Asymmetrics war (terrorism, depending the side you're on) is always a possibility, unless the gap between the possibility of states and those of citizens grows too wide.
- throw-the-towel 10mo agoIf this argument were true, dictatorships couldn't exist. However, they do.
- makeitdouble 10mo agoYou're assuming that citizen are united in what they want. That's usually not the case.
- Warwolt 10mo ago> they either must be bought at an increasing steep price
- throw-the-towel 10mo agoRight, what I was getting at is -- that isn't a fatal problem in practice, the price stays affordable.
- ACCount37 10mo agoMost dictatorships make no less than a half-hearted attempt to convince the population to support them. And then they make a point out of terrorizing the people who don't support them. Just so the others have no trouble discerning whether believing them is a good idea or not.
- HaZeust 10mo agoWas this supposed to be a counter-argument?
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