The best clue you have to how much violence is implanted in our social structures, is how nasty the essential characters are.
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Cops, lawyers, bureaucrats, traders, CEOs and politicians generally being pricks, assholes and even monsters is an expression of the system.
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It's not a flaw, an aberration or a mistake - it's a feature.
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If your system wasn't violent, oppressive, predatory and amoral, its gatekeepers would not have to be, either.
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Struggle is the embodiment of power, and vice-versa. No power, no struggle. Large, structured hierarchies - lots of struggle. Lots and lots.
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