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When is a mob 'in control'? In what case is a mob a good idea?

• coldtea 11y ago
  In what case is a government a good idea?
  • mcphage 11y ago
    Well, if you have an army bearing down on you. Or if you might have an army bearing down on you. Or if you have something that someone wants. Or if you are in a place that someone wants to be. Or if people don't like you. Or if there's a natural disaster. Or if you want to do something that you can't afford, that will help other people too. Or if you want to walk around at night safely. Or if you want to have educated children. Or if you want to have an educated community. Or if companies are doing something bad. Or if companies are treating people poorly. Or if companies are selling dangerous products. Or if you ever want something accomplished, but don't have the money or power or people do get it done. Or if
    • coldtea 11y ago
      Notice how none of these things requires a government to be fullfilled, much less the kind of governments we have now. Merely coordinated action, which could also be spontaneous in some cases (we need X, we get together and build X), or constrained to the desired goal in others (we need an army, we devote some of our resources to that goal alone). >Or if companies are doing something bad. Or if companies are treating people poorly. Or if companies are selling dangerous products. In the real world, they mostly do those things in cohorts with governments. Besides "companies" are a legal entity, their existence pressuposes a government (and a whole capitalist/market based ecosystem).