most people rejected his message, they hated Thrasymachus because he told them the truth.

dali i gotta know...how you feel about the apex of manhood imho Diogenes

we should differentiate between the concepts of justice as whatever the justice system/people in power do and call justice and the ideal form of justice

the ideal is useful when dealing with people who want to reason and do no harm to their next

try to behave like Diogenes today, you will be disappeared

I've written about something similar before - "I follow no rules because those who made them only thought of such rules after defying their principle. All crime is theft. All moral codes rewrite theft as equilibrium or reform."

you people remind me of my ex. believe it or not, this is actually a compliment. he was slightly insufferable, sure, but mostly really thoughtful and awesome. we'd debate for fun...anyway, i agree about differentiating between what people in power call justice vs what justice is or should be according to the average guy who seeks to be kind, compassionate, etc

I agree that having a monopoly on violence is what ultimately matters in obtaining power. The treament received by a civilian for financial debt versus a government is an example of this. If you're the average citizen with a lot of debt, you're absolutely fucked. But governments, in particular America, can get away with this. Why?

Historically debts between governments have been solved through war. America has one of the strongest millitaries in the world, and we all know about how much it loves war. Other countries don't fuck with America and try to collect on its debt because of this. And like hell we'll ever get that sort of power.