Reply To: General thought on old coal mines.

[Brian H]

Rezwan wrote:

“People sleep peaceably in their beds at night because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.”

I’m surprised. You’re advocating outsourcing the violence to some rough and ready men standing around outside. Is this a privatized army? I would have pegged you for someone who advocated each person have their own means of protection right there by the bed.
It’s a well-known adage, a modified version of something Orwell wrote. It refers to both armed forces and police, basically. So you unfortunately don’t get to revel in paranoid fantasies of private armies. Which seems to be a scare tactic much beloved of those who want everyone to ‘jest get along’ and do as they’re told by their social planning betters, or get put away by the gubmint for their own good. :coolsmirk: