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Pash OP wrote (edited )

Reply to comment by !deleted28888 in Law and violence ≠ state by Pash

It's not the smolitude that's the key feature; it's the fact that the force is wielded by mutual aid groups rather than one individual or a few.

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Pash OP wrote

mutual self-defense is mutual aid

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Pash OP wrote

I'm talking more about torts than crimes really.

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Pash OP wrote

See post title.

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Pash OP wrote

How are people gonna defend themselves from torts? I see about three options: statism, mutual aid, or just being defenseless.

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Pash OP wrote (edited )

Self-defense from torts is normal mutual aid, and an important part of any community. Where I grew up, if you scream "thief!" half the neighborhood will rush over with machetes to check it out. Similar all over the world. Nothing to do with a state or cops.

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Pash OP wrote

What's mutual aid then? Education and building wattle-and-daub?

What you're voicing is exactly the misconception I made the post to address. Mutual aid is absolutely about groups wielding force. The book Mutual Aid is largely about that, rather than about agriculture or childcare or anything.

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Pash OP wrote

if that's what mutual aid ain't, why don't you try telling us what it am

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