• LePoisson@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Is it not? We all collectively agree to cede the state a monopoly on (legal) violence to enforce the law.

    • Manmoth@lemmy.ml
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      3 days ago

      Yeah but if it’s a universal truth then it transcends all categories. The stronger nation topples the weaker while the bully dominates others in the schoolyard. Therefore any semblance of egalitarianism or equality is artificial and sustained only by the threat of force. This force only exists if there are enough intelligent and strong people in the society that also agree to the social contract in enough numbers that it won’t collapse or be conquered by an outside force. (e.g. Brute force is all that matters)

      • LePoisson@lemmy.world
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        3 days ago

        I’d argue military force and threatening posture has been a large part of the USA foreign policy and diplomacy for the entire existence of the nation.

        I get what you’re saying and yeah I honestly think the world we live in, stripping away all sense of morality, is one where “might makes right.”

        Dead people do not argue. I’m not saying I think it should be that way or it’s good, only that it’s the way things work even if it does suck.

        • Manmoth@lemmy.ml
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          3 days ago

          I agree with you. Having the power to exert your will is what politics boils down to in this earthly life. Everything else is BS.