Coercion alone does not make for a government. If it did, then every little crime boss would be their own little President. Implied coercion can help make people believe that a government exists, I won't deny that - but you have to make them believe it!
Kings are only kings if people believe...
So just to get this straight, what you are argueing is exactly how I characterized your earlier position: Your objection is not to media manipulation of democracy, your objection is to media manipulation of democracy in favor of an enemy ideology. If the media was to manipulate democracy in...
What do you do that Rupert Murdoch is allegedly so supportive of?
I support the policies that I believe serve my interests, but those are so niche that they receive very little support as-is. I certainly do interrogate the motives behind other people's and organization's support for the...
Last week, temperatures dropped to 2 degrees plus at night. Sure that's technically not the freezing point of water, but still uncomfortably cold if you have no heating.
It's easy to belch bravado from the cozy comfort of one's home, and call for other people to suffer hardship where one has no...
Pre-colonized North America was teeming with forests.
Since then, you've replaced them with motorways, agriculture and industry.
But hey, it's not like you have to do anything inconvenient if you simply choose to disbelieve in facts.
All of them qualify, I would say. Of course, as a socialist I am primarily supportive of the interests of the working class, so that's where I would lean towards. In practice, I'd say it's a continuum that can stretch between "a significant group of very loud people with a ton of semi-apathetic...
Fair enough. I won't belabor the point.
The transition to agricultural life infamously resulted in a general worse quality of life for people across the board, with shorter life expectancies, worse variety of food, and a greater prevalence of disease and illness.
As far as I understand it, the...
Yes, we were. Here is your claim:
"Leftist propaganda is already causing death and destruction due to energy shortages."
Are you going to acknowledge that you were simply posting facts free nonsense?
If not, then put up evidence to support your claim.
No, we don't "all know" that. Nor is there...
@KW Don't worry, thanks to the ceaseless lobbying efforts of the fossil fuel industry, nobody will do anything substantial to combat climate change anyway!
Policies are enacted by governments, and neither Soros nor Koch have ever served in the capacity of a government official, so those cannot be the reason for your opposition to one billionaire and apparent support of another.
You are clearly not opposed to billionaires owning media empires that...
Yes.
Was it not? What keeps your government running, then, if it isn't popular consent?
How is the government able to coerce all of you into going along with its rule?
It can't physically bully even a significant minority of you, let alone all of you.