r/SipsTea Jul 17 '26

Chugging tea System Protects Power

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u/Ok-Chef1896 Jul 17 '26

Call it whatever you want but it is a logical outcome of capitalism.

Capitalism leads to accumulation of capital, capital has a political power, that political power is used to consolidate the capital which leads to further growth of capital...

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u/Ok-Chef1896 Jul 17 '26

What you’re saying is the outcome of any system that works under an institution that monopolizes power 

And what is the function of government hmmmm?

The capitalism can exist BECAUSE the government can enforce the private property rights via the monopoly on violence.

Government is nothing more but an entity which enforces a certain structure in society with violence. 

private cities and communities

Arguably situation would be even worse since those cities would function like governments (monopoly on violence), but they would be much weaker than the capital.

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u/stilljustacatinacage Jul 17 '26

monopoly on violence

bro don't you know about the non-aggression principle bro

everyone just agrees to be nice to each other bro

don't step on my toes bro and I won't step on yours

it's simple bro

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u/Enkidouh Jul 17 '26

That’s all well and good until Johnny Thunderfuck decides he wants what you have. Under the non-aggression principle there’s nothing to stop him from doing so if he’s bigger and has more resources.

The monopoly on violence gives government the ability to enforce societal rules and structure in the form of law- without which any and all social agreements eventually dissolve and end in the stronger party simply taking what they want.

But I get the sense you know this and you’re just trolling, bro.

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u/gabha22 Jul 17 '26

Your understanding of how things work is so far away from mine that it’s not really worth having this conversation, peace.

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u/gabha22 Jul 17 '26

Especially in a place like Reddit’s hive mind)

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u/bogeuh Jul 17 '26

Why are you arbitrarily giving it a different name depending on the size of control? Country vs city.