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by alexeisadeski3 4477 days ago
We can think of problematic occurrences in every social system.

For example:

If you've got this one 'government' controlling everything, what happens if it just up and decides to start enslaving tens of thousands of people and sending them to die in horrific trench warfare? Who's going to stop this 'government' from doing that?

What if this 'government' starts outlawing certain plants and/or alcohol, and punishing people harshly for using them? Who's going to stop the 'government' from doing that?

What if this 'government' enacts racially discriminatory laws?

What if...

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> We can think of problematic occurrences in every social system.

Don't turn the question around.

And don't forget that the one proposing to change the status quo is the one with the responsibility to prove that their proposed change is better, not simply "just as bad".