People’s lives, in Mamdani’s world, can be improved only by government: “We will prove that there is no problem too large for government to solve, and no concern too small for it to care about.” The crowd cheered, of course, but a thinking person might wonder whether it’s good for the institution that has a monopoly on violence to insist that nothing is beyond its purview.
Since when has the liberal media cared about the states monopoly on violence? Did the editorial board become an anarchist collective after Mamdani won?
The monopoly on violence also exists regardless of what the mayor says. There’s not a magic “size of the state” where slashing social programs somehow changes that dynamic.
A thinking person might recognize that, in its monopoly on violence, the state automatically retains a universal purview, as violence is always the negotiation technique of last resort.
Forever wars? Supporting the most sheerly genocidal campaign in 80 years? Spying on all citizens with gigabytes of data apiece? Mass incarceration? Secret police kidnapping people off the streets to send them to black sites in foreign countries? I sleep.
Somebody in NYC wants regular people to have affordable rent, transportation, and childcare? THIS SHIT IS TYRANNICAL GOVERNMENTAL OVERREACH.
Ah, looks like the “based tradcath proud nazi groypers” are suddenly pretending to be principled anarchists I see.
White Men seem to trust the government to make their lives better, so miss me with this “but it’s the principle government bad”. The private sector had its chance and they blew it.
Since when has the liberal media cared about the states monopoly on violence? Did the editorial board become an anarchist collective after Mamdani won?
The monopoly on violence also exists regardless of what the mayor says. There’s not a magic “size of the state” where slashing social programs somehow changes that dynamic.
A thinking person might recognize that, in its monopoly on violence, the state automatically retains a universal purview, as violence is always the negotiation technique of last resort.
Forever wars? Supporting the most sheerly genocidal campaign in 80 years? Spying on all citizens with gigabytes of data apiece? Mass incarceration? Secret police kidnapping people off the streets to send them to black sites in foreign countries? I sleep.
Somebody in NYC wants regular people to have affordable rent, transportation, and childcare? THIS SHIT IS TYRANNICAL GOVERNMENTAL OVERREACH.
Hey now, anarchists are always happy to see capital wetting itself.
It is probably the most liberal thing you could do to never acknowledge the state monopoly on violence until someone to your left is wielding it.
Ah, looks like the “based tradcath proud nazi groypers” are suddenly pretending to be principled anarchists I see.
White Men seem to trust the government to make their lives better, so miss me with this “but it’s the principle government bad”. The private sector had its chance and they blew it.