This may be the most important podcast Sam has released or will ever release, depending on whether or not it can help inspire enough of us to gently brake before something not unlike mass hysteria carries us over the ledge.https://twitter.com/SamHarrisOrg/status/1271602718059008000 …
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Sam can you explain this? https://twitter.com/jeitoapp/status/1271876491312160769?s=21 …https://twitter.com/jeitoapp/status/1271876491312160769 …
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Ryan DeLongpre 🇺🇸 @jeitoapp“We should really start worrying about authoritarianism in America” 3 minutes later: “Giving the monopoly of violence to the state is just about the best thing we have ever done as a species” Why do people still listen to this confused man is beyond me. https://twitter.com/SamHarrisOrg/status/1271602718059008000 …2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
I don't understand what explanations you're asking for. State's monopoly of violence and authoritarianism are two very distinct things
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How does the state become authoritarian WITHOUT a monopoly on violence?
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Having a monopoly on violence is a necessary BUT NOT sufficient condition for a state to become authoritarian. Put It differently a state without a monopoly on violence can never become authoritarian. Which is EXACTLY why American have never been an authoritarian country.
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You don't really have a state without a monopoly on violence, you have someone with a flag who's about to get mugged
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The US government has a monopoly on violence that's at least as functional as any other nation-state's
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