Damus
mordaunt · 6d
The only "we" that I need to define is the fact that humans exist in relationship to other humans. Whether that relationship is (or should be) peaceful or coercive is the debate. Statists believe t...
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the foundation of statism is the violation of the universality of law. without universality, law is slavery, as one group is exempt from obligations that another is bound to.

law does not exist without universality. the foundation of statism is a lie, powered by threat and backstopped by violence. the legitimacy of the state disappears once its violence becomes legible to people. it is only while it lives inside threat that it remains invisible and tolerated.
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mordaunt · 6d
Yep. Modern governments have leveraged violence into a huge threat projection. They do lots of violence, yes, but mostly it's the threat of violence that is used to coerce people. It's ingenious really. A true evolution of power: trick most people into thinking it's noble and legitimate, and thre...