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[–] 40 points 7 months ago (12 children)

Power corrupts, but we can't just make power disappear... The only logical solution is to spread it as thinly as possible amongst everyone, so it corrupts as little as possible. Ergo, anarchy.

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  • [–] 18 points 7 months ago* (8 children)

    What if instead we totally alienated a bunch of the worst people to ever exist from any consequence, built society on appeasing them at any cost, and then murdered everyone who wanted anything else,though?

    I personally think thats a much better idea, and will murder you if you dont agree.

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    Lol usually I'm the one telling others to read Graeber.

    Here's the thing, that kinda is part of human history. It is how we ended up in the society we live in today. All of these countries exist because they killed or subjugated everyone else who said otherwise.

    Yes, Graeber exposes that other societies have existed and can potentially exist but that doesn't negate the history that led us to today.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Part of it. So is the steam engine.

    All hietory led us to today. The most recent proximal cause is not totality.

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    No one is saying totality. Do you not get that "a summary" means "condensed and excluding details"?

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    A summary of human history:

    Steam engine go brrrrrrrrr

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