On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 3:11 PM, Andrew Lentvorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Martin Franco wrote: > >> A key attribute of the state is that its decisions are backed with >> threat of violence. Are humans so bad that they cannot have >> organization without doing so at gun-point? > > Humans are indeed so bad that they cannot have organization without threat. > > History has proven this. Personal experience has proven this. > > Now, those threats may not be a *gun*. However, they have no less force. > > In fact, I woudl argue that many of the ills we currently face as a society > are the result of the fact that the "capitalist barons" are completely > disconnected from consequences for their actions.
I agree. Back to risk being inequitably distributed. The poor are at far greater risk generally than the rich. This is a space though where it is easier to see the problems than the solutions. The poor are hardly saints. BobLQ -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
