Or you know, just use the violence of the state, and pass /regulation/, sign /treaties/.
HN is not a good place to tilt at windmills.
I do understand what that idiom means - I’m failing to understand how acknowledging that specific actor to be a powerful source of violence is to imagine an enemy.
> The phrase is sometimes used to describe either confrontations where adversaries are incorrectly perceived, or courses of action that are based on misinterpreted or misapplied heroic, romantic, or idealistic justifications. It may also connote an importune, unfounded, and vain effort against adversaries real or imagined for a vain goal.
People who incessantly complain about the evils of all governments -- a key clue here is referring to "the state" as a singular platonic entity -- as if they know of some better solution, when they clearly don't, remind me of the above.
Thank you for the detailed explanation- while I don’t agree with your position for the reason stated, I fully understand where you are coming from.
I still am smarting from the downvotes on my innocuous request for an explanation though.