Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

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Posts and discussion about the webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal by Hugo Award-winning author Zach Weinersmith (and related works)

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2003-05-09 (midwest.social)

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That and all the dead people, but they're not as vocal.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

It requires organized violence, which is easily facilitated by a centralized state, but I don't think the centralized state is necessary per-se.

I will definitely agree that it tends to centralize power over time, but I suspect this is true of all higherarchical systems of organization. Those with power will try to accumulate more.

[–] trashgirlfriend 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Since power tends to centralize over time, a stateless capitalism which would be free of any regulation would pretty much always form a state in the end.

You need the monopoly on violence for capitalism to continue.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago

Sure, but that's not what was being argued.