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jared. | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Anarchism is the only ideology that accounts for human nature by rejecting violent power exercised by inherently depraved human beings.
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HODL | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 And what stops “inherently” depraved human beings from forming a mob and exercising violent power in an anarchist system?
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JackTheMimic | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Thermodynamics. Violence is more expensive than peaceful cooperation. Free-trade is just a polite reminder that you are destroying yourself by using the state to steal.