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In reply to the discussion: Authoritarian State Yet? [View all]Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)power to coerce is, must be, organized around cooperation.
Cooperation is much more difficult than coercion, but that doesn't mean it is impossible. When the people agree that pollution is bad and ought not to be allowed, or if it is necessary then the polluter must bear the cost , that is governance. Lack of coercion doesn't mean lawlessness, it doesn't preclude punishment, it just means that "Because I say so, and I'll beat you if you don't do what I tell you" is not a valid reason for anything.
Cooperation also means things like, "I'm just as valuable cleaning up the place as you are doing books". Egalitarianism is hard and most people don't want to do hard even when hard is the right thing, but that is still not a reason for doing bad because it is easy.