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Re:Apple’s longtime supplier accused of using forced labor i... by AnthonyMouse on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @12:34PM (#25572272)
You are obviously eliding the distinction between a state where officials can arbitrarily order you to do anything and a state bound by the rule of law and a constitution enforced by independent courts that limits what the executive and legislature can order you to do.
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Re:Apple’s longtime supplier accused of using forced labor i... by berdario on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @01:18PM (#25572912)
Yes, because that's a separate/orthogonal (and much more controversial point).

I just don't want anarchists to be fooled into supporting the warmongering US propaganda.

i.e. do you agree that the state should have the power to do what's described above?

I was leaning to say more "no". I basically used to be more of an anarchist. That was probably (also) because I was disappointed in our cronyist, capitalist, disfunctional governments...

I'm now finding myself as more of a statist, after realizing how much good is being accomplished in China, and how arbitrary and ridiculous are the falsehoods that the US propaganda is pushing.

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