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Private property entirely depends on violence -- that's not hyperbole, there's ultimately no other compelling force to enforce societal norms and rules (see: po

Private property entirely depends on violence -- that's not hyperbole, there's ultimately no other compelling force to enforce societal norms and rules (see: police). It's only our familiarity and compliance with the system that prevents us from encountering that violence.

Grimm1 6y ago
Economic transactions are a mediation in place of violence.
- guscost 6y ago
  Exactly. It is the worst system, except for all the others that have been tried. “Business is war.”