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by timdiggerm 2585 days ago
This is true for any enforcement of laws though?
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That statement is precisely one of the tenets of anarchy. I think the philosophy as a whole has issues, but it's hard to argue with that premise.
I wasn't aware of that; I don't consider myself an anarchist really. I just think it's more like what Heinlein wrote, that violence is the supreme authority from which all other authorities are derived. I'm not sure I like it but I do think it's rather true. Almost everything can be traced back to some form of this.

Note the 'almost'. I'm sure some outliers exist but that's not what we're talking about.