Existential ComicsJan 25

Even Hobbes, the most notoriously pro authoritarian government philosopher in history, who thought you had to obey even the worst government because it was better than no government, said that if your government just starts killing you, you don't have a social contact.

You don't have a government.

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@ojala

What about outside England/France or before 1700?

https://x.com/i/status/2014025680967630854

I'm not so sure the concept of Justice would even have been applied to individuals long ago.

References:
• Tale of Sinuhe
• London labor and the London poor
• Snyder's Ukrainian history lecture is regarding the Res Pública in Poland
• Revolutions podcast 1848 on the Hungarian Golden Bowl expanding citizenship to 5% of the population (Hungarian Magna Carta)

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That encyclopedia cites Daniel 5:26–28, again sort of a Mandate of heaven where Justice is applied by the Divine against kings and states, themselves.

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Jan 28 at 5:50pmWeb