[quote=@Etcetera]
<Snipped quote by Tank O The Lake>

I see... As always, my deepest regrets go out to these people. It is a shame to be ruled by threat to life, the very thing they hold most precious. It's certainly a condition ripe for abuse.
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Do you know the definition of a state?  It maintains sovereignty over a territory, it has a government, and [i]it is the only legitimate user of force in that territory.[/i]

There is no state that rules by any other method than threat to life.  That's why this little experiment humanity made, this idea of rising above itself, failed.