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People here seem to fundamentally misunderstand authority. They seem to think it is something that you "use", rather than something that you have - specificall
by hjrnunes 9y ago
People here seem to fundamentally misunderstand authority.
They seem to think it is something that you "use", rather than something that you have - specifically, the property of morally obligating someone to do something.
Hence the silly statements like: "I believe all authority should be questioned" - which is, of course, absurd.
Questioning authority simply means there is no - and cannot be any - authority.
Which is different from questioning someone's authority - whether that someone really has or has not the authority on a specific concrete situation.