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 Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla
If I stabbed you in the chest, the state would put me in jail. I can't be more violent than the state. Motherfucker's got an army. And a navy. And...
Can that be the answer for why we use violence less these days since it has been like this for a long, long time.
They don't require being taxed. They're just gonna be taxed by the guy that makes the laws. Because no one else can knock him off the throne.
So why is not everything a monopoly? What you are saying necessarily means that the holders of the violence monopoly would use that to monopolize more things. Why is Silicon Valley not a government-sponsored monopoly on software?
What makes security the one and only thing that markets can't handle?
Precisely
Funny word there; responsibility.
Call it self-interest. Thaddeus would rather call it that
Remove the italics and add the bold: As best as I think I know how to know, I know they aren't.
As to what they are doing, I dunno. Earning a wage, I guess.
I don't believe you believe this. It means you're saying an entire profession with a wide variety of academics and professionals and deep channels are a bunch of headless chickens. It is accurate to say that the social sciences don't have the luxury of easy-bake oven experiments, but I think it's specious to suggest engineers are nobler people than economists
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