• Malfeasant@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    I don’t consider it authoritarian to not want my next door neighbor to turn their front lawn into a junkyard.

    That is authoritarian, regardless of how reasonable the desire is. If the only thing keeping your neighbor from turning their front yard into a junkyard is a threat of force, is that a relationship worth preserving?

    • WoodScientist@lemmy.world
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      14 hours ago

      I mean, you can masturbate about all laws, contracts, and agreements being a “threat of force,” but I don’t give such libertarian dogma any credence.