Gavin ([info]selfishgene) wrote,
@ 2008-04-15 17:57:00
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The primary mission of authority is to preserve authority
We probably couldn’t ask for a purer example of the principle that the primary mission of authority is to preserve authority. Even today, knowing that almost anyone could be holding a video camera and their actions could wind up on YouTube, cops will still bully and assault people for refusing to instantly defer to arbitrary authority.



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[info]madfilkentist
2008-04-16 02:09 am UTC (link)
And some people will invent any excuse to justify it.

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[info]selfishgene
2008-04-16 05:51 pm UTC (link)
If you want to believe there are always excuses. People are filled with fear of crime and terrorism (and of the state itself although they won't say so). This fear justifies anything to them.

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