[STATISM] An Abusive Relationship
Imagine that you are in a close relationship with a person. Every time you don't want to follow the will of this person, he or she will nag and pressure you. Hold that feeling inside of you for a while. One of the most unpleasant feelings, right?
Now imagine the above, except that when you clearly say 'no' the person will use violence to get you to do as he or she wants. This is done by the person grabbing you, hitting you, taking out a gun or maybe just verbally saying 'do it, otherwise I will lock you in a room or beat you.' Only after a few times, it's enough with a verbal suggestion, and you will obey. But it would still be a question of the threat of violence: you both know what happens if you wouldn't obey.
As the years go by, you are so used to it that you hardly think about it, but the feeling is still present at every moment, even if it's oh so small and buried under a pile of rationalizations. Such a relationship would understandably lead to mental health problems for many individuals.
It would be interesting with a survey.
How many times per day do people experience the described feeling every day?
How many minutes / hours per day?
And how many times does it spring from the organization we call the State?
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Its hard to follow some political articles. Im the type of guy that if anyone is going to make a point in such away it would be advisable for you to give a example and give a alternative. the example can be general but the solution most be detailed or it begins to sound like propaganda. Lots of good slogans but no practical application.
This is neither slogans, nor meant to provide any solutions. It's a simple analogy to highlight the abusive nature of statism.
Yeah but I was just expected a little thoughtful guidance and I know you said you don't have a solution and im not griping with you it's more about the other people I have talked to. I need to do some more reading on anarchy in practice most definitely then I need people to give me a sign. You know "are you the joker or are you Riddick?" these fictional characters are being used to illustrate the differences in the brand of anarchy some people are preaching for.
You're asking for "an alternative" for violence. The solution is to remove violence. Nothing is going to replace it.
An alternative to the system that causes the state to motivate you by producing penalties. the violent relationship was just a allegory.
It's not "a system". It's violence. I don't care what anyone does if it's voluntary and without coercion. Freedom is the only alternative, and it comes naturally, good heavens...
Violence: behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something. That definition is wrong. I need to expand my defenition because even a society without that definition of violence would still have coercion to act like the society wants you to act. I mean the only way out of that cycle would be to leave society (see "Brave new world"
By Aldous Huxley).
up to the point when you involved the ''state'' i totally agreed with you...
You had a great point, but i'm a bit fed up with all the politics here on STEEMIT...
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The world works that way, because we make it work as such.
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The solution or one of them is to cure ignorance. Stop people from coming to the wrong conclusions which inspires the majority to give up there rights unnecessarily.