Calling for the State as a “solution” to avoid the power of Warlords is like averting some risk by embracing the certainty of the worst possible outcome.
Thanks to Democracy, we get a warlord who jokes about wiping out his daughter’s dates the way he already wipes out people in Pakistan. Without Democracy, we might get a warlord with a far less refined sense of humor.
Calling for the State as a “solution” to avoid the power of Warlords is like averting some risk by embracing the certainty of the worst possible outcome.
The state is better than warlords.
Some states are better than some warlords.
Which is just another way of saying that some warlords are better than other warlords.
Thanks to Democracy, we get a warlord who jokes about wiping out his daughter’s dates the way he already wipes out people in Pakistan. Without Democracy, we might get a warlord with a far less refined sense of humor.