TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-227 days agoDo you think there will be a point where the world stops letting violent aggressors get what they want or is that ingrained into society?message-squaremessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down12
arrow-up132arrow-down1message-squareDo you think there will be a point where the world stops letting violent aggressors get what they want or is that ingrained into society?TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-227 days agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squaresolrize@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-227 days agoViolent aggression per se (carrying around a big club and using it to bonk anyone who put up resistance) hasn’t worked in quite a while. These days it’s more about propaganda.
minus-squarealaphic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·27 days agoIsn’t that arguably only because modern governments maintain a “monopoly on violence,” essentially?
Violent aggression per se (carrying around a big club and using it to bonk anyone who put up resistance) hasn’t worked in quite a while. These days it’s more about propaganda.
Isn’t that arguably only because modern governments maintain a “monopoly on violence,” essentially?