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Re:Is Trump mulling Peter Thiel for a top intelligence advis... by croon on Thursday September 21, 2017 @04:40AM (#15301568)
You mean by moving somewhere else?

The point of laws in a democracy is that they're (theoretically, without corruption) consented to by a maximum amount of people. If you don't have rulers, then whatever your group of 10 people consent to as an unwritten rule will be broken by me, much to my gain.

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Re:Is Trump mulling Peter Thiel for a top intelligence advis... by boomboomsubban on Thursday September 21, 2017 @08:19AM (#15302563)
By being removed from society somehow. Democracy still works, you can consent to accept certain laws the majority impose. And I don't see how a ruler changes that last point, if you don't consent to the laws those ten don't have to put up with your crap.
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