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This is true, but not really. Governments only have sanction to enforce the law. Anyone can behave illegally or unethically. Increasing your surface area is not
by 001sky 13y ago
This is true, but not really. Governments only have sanction to enforce the law. Anyone can behave illegally or unethically. Increasing your surface area is not street smart.
Just the opposite is true. People that live in large cities (and subject to random crime) adopt a strategy of blending in, not one of "sticking out and relying on their lawyers"...
- brudgers 13y ago"Governments only have sanction to enforce the law." Hobbes would disagree [1]. The Sovereign's mandate via the social contract is to maintain peace by absolute means. It is not bound by law only duty. [1] if he was not dead.
- 001sky 13y agoWordsmithing aside[1], that is why the US has a Constitution [2]. Which Hobbes did not live to see. For this we owe the Enlightenment. [1] Promulgate would have also perhaps been a better word. [2] With an effective series of checks & balances, etc.