Statism: the religious belief that legislation is magic, words that bend reality, so all you have to do is decree away the reality you don't like and decree into existence the one you do. https://autonomousweapons.org/slaughterbots/
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Remarkably, the majority of those saved from superstitious belief in the State are "protected" by an older parasitic, superstitious belief in God. As long as the vulnerability exists, SOME parasite will occupy it, and the few of us immune to *that* vulnerability can only weep.
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Now the very same parasite has vastly different effects depending on the vulnerability vs hygiene of the victim. See tape worms vs cysticercosis. A relatively minor inconvenience in rich countries will be a major disaster in poor countries.https://fare.livejournal.com/123785.html
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