ReallyKinda@kbin.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoWhen do you think violence is justified?message-squaremessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up166arrow-down1message-squareWhen do you think violence is justified?ReallyKinda@kbin.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agomessage-square70fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLemmyFeed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·11 months agoI heard a quote that has really stuck with me, it goes something like “violence is the supreme authority from which all other authority is derived” I don’t really condone violence, but this quote has really gotten me thinking.
minus-squareCapeWearingAeroplane@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoI think you would be interested in reading a bit on the philosophy of Thomas Hobbs and “the monopoly of violence”.
I heard a quote that has really stuck with me, it goes something like “violence is the supreme authority from which all other authority is derived”
I don’t really condone violence, but this quote has really gotten me thinking.
I think you would be interested in reading a bit on the philosophy of Thomas Hobbs and “the monopoly of violence”.