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[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I guess I don't understand how hierarchy and community are mutually exclusive especially if hierarchy is granted by and from the community itself.

If this isn't the case, why respect family hierarchy either? At 16 if I'm bigger than my dad, fuck him it's my house now. Basically the only point of removing all hierarchy I can see is that we pass the "violence" part down to everyone instead of deciding to isolate it in the enforcement group.

[–] Prunebutt -2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think we have different definitions of hierarchy here. To me, if I have a higher hierarchical position than you, then you ought to do what I tell you, due to my status. If a community delegates violence to a militia, it doesn't necessarily mean that the militia gets to issue commands on their own.

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Are you highlighting the "ought" because it isn't mandatory to comply?

Maybe the difference is that you think a policing force makes their own rules or decisions because of the nature of the hierarchy? It sounds like a variant of "who polices the police" and that the answer is the police can never outnumber or overpower the full community from which they are derived. Which I mean yeah I guess that's fine.

I personally don't see the enforcement hierarchy (police or militia) as having power over anyone outside the granted scope of enforcement. That's bordering on the discussion of police misconduct and government that is too large, which are valid concerns but not really the core issues.

[–] Prunebutt -1 points 5 months ago

No, I write "ought", because it is considered a moral imperative