Diffrence being state did not have control to stop disgruntled people from organizing. And it might be that preventing such formations is actually detrimental long run.
replyThe state did everything they could to prevent it back then, just as they do right now.
replyUsing this line of argumentation, you might as well start enslaving (sorry, “impressing”) people into your navy again.
replyYes, and perfect law enforcement is much worse than society than spotty law enforcement, because spotty law enforcement is how all societal progress got made.
replyImagine if we jailed every gay person the moment they had a gay thought. How legal do you think being gay would be now?
Everything they could was a lot less back before the fruits of industrial productivity allowed people to have their basic needs met while giving a huge fraction of their surplus to the state to do what it pleases with.
replyBuddy you aren't addressing the comments that are replying to you.
replyYou gotta stay on-topic. You keep coming up with random things to compare to that make no sense to anybody but you. Who said it was legal to say "kill the king"?
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