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> After all, the whole government idea is a double standard. Some people can be legally violent, while others must obey.

To be fair, the original idea is that some people are legally violent on behalf of the rest. Any implementation is thus plagued with principal agent and quorum problems. As the system precesses, it becomes an autonomous entity working to keep up an illusion of subservience lest we stop feeding it.



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