ReallyKinda@kbin.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhen do you think violence is justified?message-squaremessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up171file-text
arrow-up171message-squareWhen do you think violence is justified?ReallyKinda@kbin.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square74fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLemmyFeed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year agoI heard a quote that has really stuck with me, it goes something like “violence is the supreme authority from which all other authority is derived” I don’t really condone violence, but this quote has really gotten me thinking.
minus-squareCapeWearingAeroplane@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoI think you would be interested in reading a bit on the philosophy of Thomas Hobbs and “the monopoly of violence”.
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoHey, cool it with the Ayn Rand - I’ve lost a lot of friends to Libretarianism.
minus-squareLemmyFeed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoSo your comment made me find the origin of the quote. While it’s not verbatim, the quote comes from starship troopers apparently, definitely not Ayn Rand.
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoHeinlein is honestly just the sci-fi Ayn Rand.
minus-squareDaDragon@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYou could just as easily end up on the opposite end of the spectrum, no?
I heard a quote that has really stuck with me, it goes something like “violence is the supreme authority from which all other authority is derived”
I don’t really condone violence, but this quote has really gotten me thinking.
I think you would be interested in reading a bit on the philosophy of Thomas Hobbs and “the monopoly of violence”.
Hey, cool it with the Ayn Rand - I’ve lost a lot of friends to Libretarianism.
So your comment made me find the origin of the quote. While it’s not verbatim, the quote comes from starship troopers apparently, definitely not Ayn Rand.
Heinlein is honestly just the sci-fi Ayn Rand.
You could just as easily end up on the opposite end of the spectrum, no?