the powerless utilize deception, they must but the powerless will let you know what will happen when they get power through their deception, because they must gather the like-minded- those who *also* wish to have their petty revenge it's like an open conspiracy
It's true because it's a valid example of projection: the powerful already exercise violence constantly, and they know that exercising violence is just what people with power do, so they know that the powerless would exercise violence if they had power. No moral high ground.
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"I'm scared of you because you would be justified in hurting me" is not a good look or a good argument.
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i'm scared of them because they are deluded into thinking they are justified in hurting me
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the *politically* powerful exercise violence, the powerful need not that's why revolutionaries are violent (they have no power), and will *stay* violent (they will only ever have *political* power, because they are objectively inferior)
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Politics is more ubiquitous than you think. Anything that fits into a game theoretic framework with zero sum elements can be conceived of as an extension of politics.
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