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xentronium
on Aug 1, 2013
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Snowden granted 1-year asylum in Russia, leaves ai...
Lesser evil principle.
snitko
on Aug 1, 2013
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So if someone demonstrated to you that any government is actually a bigger evil, would you consider changing your mind?
xentronium
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Yes. I don't know (and frankly, hardly imagine) of any societies without any hierarchies though. I could imagine communities with democratic collegial decision-making, but it still implies there is a way to enforce decisions, which means
armed men
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