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If you are honest and don't want to rob other people, you cannot complain when less honest folks do so.
by VladRussian2 13y ago
If you are honest and don't want to rob other people, you cannot complain when less honest folks do so.
- 6d0debc071 13y agoThat's actually a pretty good argument if there were a more or less constant number of robbers. In a situation where you were definitely going to be robbed - as seems to be the case if you want it to be analogous with government: Would you rather be robbed by a complete drugged out psychopath who'll kill you if you twitch or someone relatively calm who definitely won't kill you if you just hand over the money?
- VladRussian2 13y agonice turn. Drugged out psychopaths can't organize into long functioning multi-layered mafia organizations who would control whole cities and whose extortion activities go well beyond simple robberies of private citizens where is the "nice" guys can and do.
- 6d0debc071 13y agoAre you claiming that evil people are stupid? I'm not sure what the analogous risk is meant to be for governments there - they already seem plenty organised.