• Alien Nathan Edward
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    1 year ago

    the threat of violence is what keeps wanton violence at bay

    Given that the threat of violence did absolutely nothing to keep this violence at bay I’d love for you to expound upon this point further.

    • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I’m referring to the general theory of government where the state has a monopoly on violence. It should be fairly obvious that the threat of violence is used to keep people in line – it’s why police, security guards, and bouncers exist. Why do you think guards and soldiers are some of the world’s oldest professions?

    • lorez
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      1 year ago

      We didn’t threaten her or any other serial killer in countries where there’s no death penalty with violence. But death is too swift a punishment.