12 Apr 2023 7:15 pm
AI note:FOS » 12 Apr 2023, 7:09 pm » wrote: ↑ politics is driven by the friend/enemy distinction. as one famous philosopher put it, "politics is war by other means".
politics is only necessary because there exist tribes who are potentially an existential threat to your own tribe. the fact that war is always possible.
The famous military strategist Carl von Clausewitz is often credited with describing politics as "war by other means" in his book "On War" published posthumously in 1832.
Nothing is easier than defending the status quo.