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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN
Date: 19 Oct 2024 03:15:19 GMT
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On Fri, 18 Oct 2024 21:16:40 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

> On Fri, 18 Oct 2024 11:30:33 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> 
>> All government is a self-legalising protection racket.
> 
> Would you rather live a life that is, what was the phrase, “nasty,
> brutish and short”?

Hobbes ignored centuries of societies that did quite well without a 
dictatorial sovereign in charge. Kropotkin may have went to the other 
extreme in 'Mutual Aid' but he makes many valid points.

Scale is the real problem. A state like the US with over 300 million 
people, half of which would like to see the other half hanging from lamp 
poles,  is impossible without a highly coercive government.