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Brutality, force, and violence don't simply appear, they are the bedrock of our society. Without force and without the willingness to make use of it, you are doomed. You can make up nice rules and pretty rights but some people will just ignore them. And there is nothing you can do about that besides forcing them to obey or jail them or kill them. So at first you become very powerful and then you make up nice and less violent rules and you enforce them with your power. The hard part is just using your power in a responsible way.



I would say there is a marked difference between justice and brutality.

I realize this line has become very blurred in our world, but there is a difference.




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