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Majrelende OP wrote (edited )

You don't benefit from or assist any oppression of others at some point in your life?

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subrosa wrote (edited )

Is that what constitutes rule?

The edits though, I should wait a bit.

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subrosa wrote

I'm not sure why it would be a question of emphasizing one over the other when we want to abandon rule/government more generally. Oppression isn't desirable, but power imbalances do not constitute rule. My contribution to the oppressing forces/powers is largely a result of imposed means and ends, but that contribution itself is not rule or authority in any sense familiar to me.

I found Wilbur's Authority and Authority-effects helpful.

Best I got right now. It's a tricky question.

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