• skisnow@lemmy.ca
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    4 天前

    I feel like the phrase “state monopoly on violence” has so many loaded words in it that people see it and assume it’s a bad thing by definition, when in fact it describes a cornerstone of all civilized society.

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      when in fact

      Citation needed

      is

      What does that even mean?

      cornerstone

      And here i was thinking this was the hard emotional and cultural labor of communication and coordination. Or maybe you’re just a fascist?

      of

      Im glad we can find a little common ground. Fully endorse.

      civilized

      Absolutely not. Almost definitionally not. Unless youre a big anti-civ type with very gross definitions because it disgusts you

      society

      Kind of feels like its antithetical.