Why the past 10 years of American life have been uniquely stupid

Re:Why the past 10 years of American life have been uniquely... by don_esteban on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @09:15AM (#31002233)

You never leave your property and live a happy life in solitude there until you die of boredom or starvation. Everybody is happy to not have to interact with you anymore.

Now stop bringing up absurd examples. Just living in a state exposes you to state violence, e.g. for not obeying the (tax) law.

If you wanted a realistic example of non-violent society, there are only few, mostly small remote tribes in deep jungle. Not surprisingly, those are very collectivist societies. The standard response to repeated badly non-conforming behavior in such societies is eviction from the community. Yes, that can be done non-violently.

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Re:Why the past 10 years of American life have been uniquely... by zekrioca on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @10:19AM (#31003092)

I think the person meant about how the few options available actually come to existence: how are they come to be the ones that would allow the person to pick one over the other? Is it common sense, is it because it was decided this way.. How?

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Re:Why the past 10 years of American life have been uniquely... by TuringNYC on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @01:10PM (#31005455)

I think there are a lot of options. Across US states, counties, and townships, for example, there is a full spectrum of political positions literally w/r/t how money is collected (or not) and spent (or not)

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