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atyh | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 just reading and thinking.

it was the only government structure ever set up by God.
It has some interesting implications,
and was the only non central government nation to exist for any length of time.
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cuban | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 this is ringing some bells now, but the people wanted a king

need to revisit and explore
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atyh | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Shared moral law, Rule of Law not of man, local magistrates to decide between conflicting parties, collective law enforcement responsibilities that weren’t outsourced to a 3rd party “enforcer” class.
It’s just interesting to look at it through a political structure lens.
That people came out of slavery, into the freedom of personal choice and responsibly, with a little detour in the desert on account of being chickenshits.
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0xTree | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 It wasn't political at the time.
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cuban | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 yeah, that is really interesting from that angle

and they made poor choices but on a relative scale they were probably 10x tougher and. Ore "moral" then the normies of today