Dragon Rider (drag) to [email protected]English • 4 months agoc/[email protected] removes pro-Luigi content and says imprisonment isn't violentlemmy.nzimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up141
arrow-up141imagec/[email protected] removes pro-Luigi content and says imprisonment isn't violentlemmy.nzDragon Rider (drag) to [email protected]English • 4 months agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆linkfedilinkEnglish9•edit-24 months agoDo you think people stay in prison by gentle persuasion? No. They’re kept there by threat of violent force.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•edit-24 months agoSo you think literally all laws are violence? Not even laws… just any form of authority? Damn, I knew lemmy was a fantasy land but y’all are way further gone than I ever even pretended to imagine.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆linkfedilinkEnglish5•4 months agoGive an example of an authority that does not derive its power from the threat of violence.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•4 months agoLaws are simply the promise of violence by the dominant socio-economic class, you guys wanna make some bacon? (With apologies to Brennan Lee Mulligan)
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Do you think people stay in prison by gentle persuasion? No. They’re kept there by threat of violent force.
So you think literally all laws are violence? Not even laws… just any form of authority?
Damn, I knew lemmy was a fantasy land but y’all are way further gone than I ever even pretended to imagine.
Give an example of an authority that does not derive its power from the threat of violence.
Laws are simply the promise of violence by the dominant socio-economic class, you guys wanna make some bacon?
(With apologies to Brennan Lee Mulligan)