“Violence has no place in politics.” Politicians say this any time political violence is used by or on behalf of the victims of this violent system, and they...
Violence is the basis of politics; as in politics is literally just deciding who we want to do violence. If some group does violence in a way we don’t want, whatever social contract that did exist is broken and we need to do violence ourselves to reestablish who should be doing the violence.
Violence is the basis of politics; as in politics is literally just deciding who we want to do violence. If some group does violence in a way we don’t want, whatever social contract that did exist is broken and we need to do violence ourselves to reestablish who should be doing the violence.