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At present we are witnessing a renewed increase in deaths by political violence from above and below, including extrajudicial killings and social cleansing, terrorisms, and wars. With universalism (ICC) retreating, parochial altruism (in-group coherence) and xenofobia are drawing new moral boundaries between the Rich and Poor, Races, Nationalities, Cultural segments. The polarisation of income and life-chances begets its own violence to come. Groups will increasingly compete over key resouces, access to which will be scured also by weapons and aggression. With only one superpower, the world state (or empire) will make large-scale wars obsolete. Instead, there will be permanent world policing focussing on terrorist threats and the like. | At present we are witnessing a renewed increase in deaths by political violence from above and below, including extrajudicial killings and social cleansing, terrorisms, and wars. With universalism (ICC) retreating, parochial altruism (in-group coherence) and xenofobia are drawing new moral boundaries between the Rich and Poor, Races, Nationalities, Cultural segments. The polarisation of income and life-chances begets its own violence to come. Groups will increasingly compete over key resouces, access to which will be scured also by weapons and aggression. With only one superpower, the world state (or empire) will make large-scale wars obsolete. Instead, there will be permanent world policing focussing on terrorist threats and the like. | ||
The consequence: an ever deeper cleavage between a kind of Swiss world of the good, richt, and beautiful people and a sad and dark world of the have-nots in terms of material wealth, education, and welfare, the new Helotes. | |||
The | The Swiss world: rights for animals, too. | ||
The Helotes world: rights reduced. With living conditions worsening in relative and absolute terms for the majority, and with no economic function for it, misery and sporadic revolt wil be as common as violent police interventions in hotspot-regions of restless helotes with their reduced rights and conditions. Superfluous, Subordinated, Dispossessed, Displaced, and Derelict: the helots, a subjugated population group that formed the main population of Laconia and Messenia, the territory controlled by Sparta. Their exact status was already disputed in antiquity: according to Critias, they were "slaves to the utmost", whereas according to Pollux, they occupied a status "between free men and slaves". Tied to the land, they primarily worked in agriculture and economically supported the Spartan citizens. | |||
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With living conditions worsening in relative and absolute terms for the majority, and with no economic function for it, misery and sporadic revolt wil be as common as violent police interventions in hotspot-regions of restless helotes with their reduced rights and conditions. | |||
Superfluous, Subordinated, Dispossessed, Displaced, and Derelict: the helots, a subjugated population group that formed the main population of Laconia and Messenia, the territory controlled by Sparta. Their exact status was already disputed in antiquity: according to Critias, they were "slaves to the utmost", whereas according to Pollux, they occupied a status "between free men and slaves". Tied to the land, they primarily worked in agriculture and economically supported the Spartan citizens. | |||
The number of helots in relation to Spartan citizens: according to Herodotus, there were seven helots for each Spartan at the time of the Battle of Plataea in 479 BC. Thus the need to keep helot population in check and preventing rebellion was one of the main concerns of the Spartans. Helots were ritually mistreated, humiliated and even slaughtered: every autumn the Spartans would declare war on the helots so they could be killed without fear of repercussion. Uprisings and attempts to improve the lot of the helots did occur, such as the Conspiracy of Cinadon, but proved unsuccessful. | The number of helots in relation to Spartan citizens: according to Herodotus, there were seven helots for each Spartan at the time of the Battle of Plataea in 479 BC. Thus the need to keep helot population in check and preventing rebellion was one of the main concerns of the Spartans. Helots were ritually mistreated, humiliated and even slaughtered: every autumn the Spartans would declare war on the helots so they could be killed without fear of repercussion. Uprisings and attempts to improve the lot of the helots did occur, such as the Conspiracy of Cinadon, but proved unsuccessful. | ||
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The Externalisierungs-Gesellschaft. | The Externalisierungs-Gesellschaft. | ||
'''11. What starts as the split between the first and second code, will tend to be justified politically and enshrined in formal law.''' | |||
While the criminal code condemns all murder, law-in-action follows a second code. | |||
*Police can execute "bad guys" like [[Police killings]] Stephon Clark who can be considered to constitute a latent risk in a risky situation | |||
*Police can execute suspected drug dealers (and users) - Philippines | |||
'''12. A necessary condition for the cleavage (decote) is the interplay between good people and dirty work.''' | |||
Everett C. Hughes (1948) Good People- Dirty Work | |||
From the legal perspective, the human being as such is basically a good and peace-loving citizen, but there are some individuals who for whatever reasons get out of control and have to be dealt with accordingly in order to protect the public peace, law, and order. This order is seen as something inherently peaceful and non-violent. |