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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 11 Jun 2016

    Aral Balkan Retweeted JJ 「cιtιƶεɳƒιvε」  🏴‍☠️

    A good point to underscore that symbiosis doesn’t imply mutualism and can be parasitic in nature.https://twitter.com/CTZN5/status/741706943849365504 …

    Aral Balkan added,

    JJ 「cιtιƶεɳƒιvε」  🏴‍☠️ @CTZN5
    You're thinking of governments you goober. Corporations are naturally symbiotes. https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/741681988432592896 …
    12:17 PM - 11 Jun 2016
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      2. JJ 「cιtιƶεɳƒιvε」  🏴‍☠️‏ @CTZN5 11 Jun 2016
        Replying to @aral

        To prevent making parasitism vs symbiosis a spectrum, thus limiting the utility of the words, allow me to suggest the following line:

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      3. JJ 「cιtιƶεɳƒιvε」  🏴‍☠️‏ @CTZN5 11 Jun 2016
        Replying to @CTZN5

        JJ 「cιtιƶεɳƒιvε」  🏴‍☠️ Retweeted

        Separation from a symbiote may affect the organisms' quality of life, but they will live. Else, it's not a symbiote. https://twitter.com/aral/status/741711028556292096 …

        JJ 「cιtιƶεɳƒιvε」  🏴‍☠️ added,

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      4. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 11 Jun 2016
        Replying to @CTZN5

        Depends whether the symbiosis is obligate or not; my point, however, is that corporatism is parasitic not mutualist.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      5. JJ 「cιtιƶεɳƒιvε」  🏴‍☠️‏ @CTZN5 11 Jun 2016
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        JJ 「cιtιƶεɳƒιvε」  🏴‍☠️ Retweeted

        W/o force it's mutual by definition; gov asserts monopoly on force. Parasitism: result of gov mkt interference https://twitter.com/aral/status/741718419167424512 … @aral

        JJ 「cιtιƶεɳƒιvε」  🏴‍☠️ added,

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      6. JJ 「cιtιƶεɳƒιvε」  🏴‍☠️‏ @CTZN5 11 Jun 2016
        Replying to @CTZN5

        JJ 「cιtιƶεɳƒιvε」  🏴‍☠️ Retweeted

        There are no monopolies without coercive force. Government asserts a monopoly on said force. Government. is. force. https://twitter.com/aral/status/741721657560207360 …

        JJ 「cιtιƶεɳƒιvε」  🏴‍☠️ added,

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      7. JJ 「cιtιƶεɳƒιvε」  🏴‍☠️‏ @CTZN5 11 Jun 2016
        Replying to @CTZN5

        .@aral democratic governance == tyranny of the majority. Voluntaryism is the answer.

        2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      8. JJ 「cιtιƶεɳƒιvε」  🏴‍☠️‏ @CTZN5 11 Jun 2016
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        JJ 「cιtιƶεɳƒιvε」  🏴‍☠️ Retweeted

        You want to fight the failures of market coercion by applying even more coercion? The very definition of insanity 😀 https://twitter.com/aral/status/741722818409304064 …

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      2. Wendy Cockcroft‏ @wendycockcroft 11 Jun 2016
        Replying to @aral

        Aaaarh! The comments.... the stupid, it burrrrnsss! "Voluntaryism" is government via the Golden Rule: he who has the gold makes...

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      3. Wendy Cockcroft‏ @wendycockcroft 11 Jun 2016
        Replying to @wendycockcroft @aral

        ...the rules. Since there's no way other than spending or withdrawing spending to hold co's to account, slavery results.

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