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No. All systems of law, regardless of their "democratic" nature, are based on the principle of the state's monopoly on violence, and that violence is always directed towards the citizenry.

No matter how civil your society may seem, resistance to the state will eventually mean you get shot or beaten with truncheons.



Exactly. Democratic and highly civilized countries still enforce property rights with pointy sticks. They maintain their claim on their territory against outside invaders with the army, and internally they enforce the laws of ownership using the police.




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