Technically, extremely technically, politics is possible without violence.
In practice this is basically extremely rare over any appreciable time scale, but bleh.
Now… the state?
The state literally is the formalized use of violence, by definition.
Like, Poli Sci 101, the state is precisely that.
Anybody who says ‘violence has no place in politics’ is either … an anarchist… or … they are extremely lost in the sauce, the propoganda that states produce to normalize and justify themselves. The latter are thus being disinegenous by way of either ignorance or active rhetorical fuckery.
To point toward a currently ongoing example that can illuminate this -> go to youtube right now and look up ‘bricks and minifigs’.
Long story short, Mormons constitute a gang, a mob, a mafia, that has legitimized itself as the state. Laws exist to protect wealthy property owners, the cops are corrupt and work for them, the legal system will bend over backwards to protect those in the gang, and steal from, gaslight, punish and harass those that sufficiently annoy the mob.
Its really honestly shocking how incredibly sociopathic and brazen the entire scenario is, but it really is a great example of … how the state actually works.
Technically, extremely technically, politics is possible without violence.
In practice this is basically extremely rare over any appreciable time scale, but bleh.
Now… the state?
The state literally is the formalized use of violence, by definition.
Like, Poli Sci 101, the state is precisely that.
Anybody who says ‘violence has no place in politics’ is either … an anarchist… or … they are extremely lost in the sauce, the propoganda that states produce to normalize and justify themselves. The latter are thus being disinegenous by way of either ignorance or active rhetorical fuckery.
To point toward a currently ongoing example that can illuminate this -> go to youtube right now and look up ‘bricks and minifigs’.
Long story short, Mormons constitute a gang, a mob, a mafia, that has legitimized itself as the state. Laws exist to protect wealthy property owners, the cops are corrupt and work for them, the legal system will bend over backwards to protect those in the gang, and steal from, gaslight, punish and harass those that sufficiently annoy the mob.
Its really honestly shocking how incredibly sociopathic and brazen the entire scenario is, but it really is a great example of … how the state actually works.