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Old 11-29-2018, 11:56 AM
 
Location: The Republic of Texas
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Having a decentralized state or a state with less power has nothing to do with direct democracy.

Direct democracy exists on the grassroots level and is part of human organization outside of state functions. Direct democracy exists in all our interactions with each other and forms a mutual society.
Good thing the USA isn't a Collective Democracy.
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Old 11-29-2018, 12:05 PM
 
Location: Manchester NH
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Good thing the USA isn't a Collective Democracy.
If we were a decentralized direct democracy of voluntary federations without private or state tyranny, that’d be the best.
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Old 11-29-2018, 12:06 PM
 
Location: Manchester NH
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Slavery became extinct because of the invention of the repeating rifle. If citizens have proper gun rights then they are impossible to enslave.
There are more forms of slavery than that.

Having individual ownership of private capital leads to an accumulation of power and less freedom for everyone else.
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Old 11-29-2018, 12:07 PM
 
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Cave men actually formed societies based on mutual aid, they didn’t follow the individualistic mindset.
BS. They didn't care one bit about the other tribes of cavemen, they killed them to gain their resources.
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Old 11-29-2018, 12:09 PM
 
Location: Denver
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There are more forms of slavery than that.

Having individual ownership of private capital leads to an accumulation of power and less freedom for everyone else.
Right. Economic enslavement.
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Old 11-29-2018, 12:10 PM
 
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There are more forms of slavery than that.

Having individual ownership of private capital leads to an accumulation of power and less freedom for everyone else.
You're so lost it's hilarious. I hear Iran is a utopia where everyone is doing great, no poverty and all the freedom you can enjoy. Why aren't you there already?
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Old 11-29-2018, 12:11 PM
 
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Right. Economic enslavement.
Yeah, much better than Socialist enslavement where I have to feed and clothe you because you are either too dumb or too lazy to get meaningful employment.
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Old 11-29-2018, 12:14 PM
 
Location: Manchester NH
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Yeah, much better than Socialist enslavement where I have to feed and clothe you because you are either too dumb or too lazy to get meaningful employment.
Mutual Aid is beneficial to everyone and is a human tendency that exists within all forms of voluntary organization.
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Old 11-29-2018, 12:15 PM
 
Location: Manchester NH
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You're so lost it's hilarious. I hear Iran is a utopia where everyone is doing great, no poverty and all the freedom you can enjoy. Why aren't you there already?
Stick to the subject of the thread please.

I don’t believe Iran is some paradise and more importantly, Iran is not the subject of this thread.
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Old 11-29-2018, 12:17 PM
 
Location: Manchester NH
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BS. They didn't care one bit about the other tribes of cavemen, they killed them to gain their resources.
You just proved my point here.

They didn’t fight as individuals, but as tribes. Tribes were groups of people that worked together based on mutual aid. The ones that went alone died off in the evolutionary process.
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