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braj0 • today at 1:32 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

"A structured civil society is the nearest we've managed to get to being able to live in relative freedom almost all of the time. It's the least violent, least coerced option we've been able to find."

Can you source these claims?

Civil society only seems to be getting LESS free and MORE violent all of the time. And in America, I constantly have to protect myself against enemies be it scammers or the thug who tried to mug me for my wallet.


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JumpCrisscross • today at 1:43 PM

> enemies be it scammers or the thug who tried to mug me for my wallet

This is much less frequent than the violent-death rates of pre-civilization groups of humans.