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Allowed by our government oppressors.
Is a government "yours" ? Is your property?
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I like the crime family analogy. The state is basically a mob that has tricked the population into believing they have some special powers.
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Not "yours" in the sense that you own it. "Yours" in the sense of "your captors"
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Who is this government? A person, a living man, a group of people ? Do you have any contract /agreement with him/them ? How did you end up being captured by them?
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I think of the State as a metacognative entity, with its own cognition. The humans it is made of are replaceable, like skin cells.
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They are a criminal organizations that uses force to extort money and opress a population.
Nobody has a contract or agreement with them and if they do "pray that they don't alter it further"
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So if you do not have any contractual obligation, why do you still obey them ? Why do you seek their authority, by saying "is it legal... X or Y ? "
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The reason I asked is because I hoped people would have a strong opinion about and enjoy discussing it. My personal opinion on the government is to minimize my interactions with them as much as possible. Despite their authority being an illusion, their threat of force is very real.