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nicnym | 8 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 There’s nothing illusionary about the state’s threat of violence. 

If you resist the state authority you *might* be punished. That is the threat based on example of force used on others. Thus the “threat of violence” by the state onto the people is equally as UNJUST as actual violence carried out. 

What good would their threats be if no one believed there is a *chance* to have actual force carried out on them? 

My family fled communism after ww2 and I can tell you that this argument is retarded.
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Marakesh 𓅦 | 2 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 The guys couldn't be forced to get the vaxx, and it paid off:
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/bart-employees-refused-covid-vaccine-get-payout-19861708.php

> “Six former BART employees are each due a $1 million payout after accusing the agency of wrongly firing them because of a COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

> On Wednesday, a jury in the U.S District Court for the Northern District of California sided with the employees who refused the vaccine for religious reasons*. BART has been ordered to pay the group more than $7.8 million, with the individual employees receiving between nearly $1.2 million and $1.5 million each.

> In October 2021, BART’s Board of Directors approved the mandate, stating that all employees must be vaccinated against the virus, though it allowed for some exceptions, including religious accommodations.”