Ana the Ist
Aggressively serene!
It has nothing to do with being shameful or needing higher authority.
It is about the state monopoly on violence (war, law enforcement, prohibitions on individual violence).
There's a pretty famous bit of footage.
It's a guy at a pay phone at an airport I think. As he's there, a criminal of some sorts is being escorted past him by the police. He barely looks up at the spectacle despite news crews being present....he gives almost no indication of what he's about to do.
I remember him holding the cop back a step with one arm, while using the other to shoot the criminal in the head with a small pistol. The criminal had confessed to violently sexually abusing this man's son.....and apparently, whatever plea deal he received, was not satisfactory for the father. He makes no attempt to flee....he's arrested for premeditated murder on the spot.
He was found guilty, sentenced to time served. The judge reminded him it frowned upon vigilantism....
When there is no state then enforcement of possession, etc., devolves to small scale actors or individuals. Everyone must use or threaten violence to protect their "rights" and there is no overall freedom.
Fortunately, we have mechanisms for making the state responsive to the will of the people. They are called "democracy".
I don't think your power of the vote means all that much anymore.
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