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I understand and part of me wants to agree. But that leads me to think about many things. About the right to life, when (if anytime) it is appropriate to take one’s rights away (prison, execution), which I think that I constantly debate with myself.

I don’t believe in the Virtuous State, and so I can’t bring myself to defend any collective or individual in power having the prerogative of taking a life. But then again, some crimes are so egregious that they surely must justify the death penalty… Being consistent with your values and ideals is hard and a constant work in progress.

That also reminds me of an argument I’ve seen that libertarians cannot be against cancel culture, since according to the non-aggression principle and the right to life refusing access to problematic individuals may be the only solution to deal with them (conflating that with cancel culture is a bit facetious imo, but I guess the author was trying to be provocative).

So yeah, many things to think about 😅
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Finrod Felagund 2y ago

It is something to never be taken lightly, ending one’s life.

But murder is different than war. We are most certainly at war with these politicians, who everyone keeps voting for and giving them legitimacy to taxe you and steal your future.

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LpLiberto 2y ago

Of course but this war talk is rhetoric in the end, a way among many to present the issue. And if we are to be fair and composed we should consider it from multiple perspectives. That’s why it’s important to be extremely careful with how we frame a problem and therefore how we justify the proposed solution.

In any case, it’s always very stimulating to chat with you! 🤙🏻

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Finrod Felagund 2y ago

Of course, we shouldn’t let ourselves be consumed by our worst tendencies, even though we’re right in our anger.

And likewise.

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REUZ 2y ago

This conversation was better than 99.999% of conversations on X. Nostr for the win.