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vrganjyesterday at 12:07 PM1 replyview on HN

You're completely discounting the most perfidious type of violence: economic violence.

Punishing and preventing it is the core purpose of the state.


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piekvorstyesterday at 12:19 PM

What exactly do you mean by "economic violence"? If you mean fraud or theft, we already agree those are crimes. If you mean something else, I'd like to know what.