Post AipM85esmcTrt4BfN2 by LouisIngenthron@qoto.org
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 (DIR) Post #AipK2JOiaWl4qwk96u by interfluidity@zirk.us
       2024-06-11T18:50:00Z
       
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       Oftentimes what would be bad if imposed by force would be good if it occurred by mutual consent.Of course between voluntary and coerced there is a spectrum rather than a bright line, which can lead to complications and disputes.
       
 (DIR) Post #AipKJg0VmOKVtkhWPA by paninid@mastodon.world
       2024-06-11T18:53:06Z
       
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       @interfluidity That is where the phrase “consent of the governed” came from, right?
       
 (DIR) Post #AipM85esmcTrt4BfN2 by LouisIngenthron@qoto.org
       2024-06-11T19:13:24Z
       
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       @interfluidity You're describing the guiding philosophy of libertarianism.Or, at least, libertarianism before it was co-opted by bigoted right-wing trolls.
       
 (DIR) Post #AipOVY3nYGQYXi9eQy by interfluidity@zirk.us
       2024-06-11T19:40:05Z
       
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       @LouisIngenthron i'd say there are overlaps between the virtuous parts of lots of philosophies!(the -ism that provoked the thought was imperialism in fact. union by consent can be virtuous while union by coercion would be vicious.)