28 de mai. de 2013

If your neighbor told you to trim your hedge or he will shoot you, would you describe him as civilized?


ndecision 2012: Why the Calamity?  (lewrockwell.com)
- Highlight Loc. 282-86  | Added on Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 11:11 AM

Relationship backed and defined by force is called civilization? How is this so? If your neighbor told you to trim your hedge or he will shoot you, would you describe him as civilized? If he said he didn't want to work and that you should pay his rent, or else he has the authority to put you in jail, with what term would you define the relationship? "Civilized" does not come to mind.