r/SipsTea 𝙑𝙄𝙋 7h ago

Chugging tea System Protects Power

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u/Ok-Chef1896 6h ago

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/gabha22 4h ago

Nope, logical outcome of capitalism would be decentalized power under private cities and communities. What you’re saying is the outcome of any system that works under an institution that monopolizes power (the government)

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u/Ok-Chef1896 4h ago

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 3h ago

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/gabha22 4h ago

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 4h ago

Especially in a place like Reddit’s hive mind)

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u/bogeuh 4h ago

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

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u/AlectoPictus 4h ago

That's not the outcome. That's a mid point. One of those cities is going to outcompete the rest, leading to... that's right, a monopoly of power owned by one or more private individuals who do not answer to the population.

Democratic governments are representatives of the people, they must answer to their will.

What you're suggesting is the exact opposite. Citizens with zero power.

Your argument is essentially that you don't like that you are beholden to the rest of society, and have a power fantasy where you own a city or country like a dictator.

It's honestly pathetic.