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I write for me, or the me of a few years ago.

It sounds like you think I use more self-citation than you would expect, for someone writing only for themselves.

Are you saying I'm wrong about police originating as deputized slave patrollers?

I suppose I'd refine my statement from "political authority is not real" to "political authority _is not legitimate_."

That someone holding the fantasy of political authority is willing to murder someone else because of that fantasy doesn't make political authority legitimate, though it's obviously 'real' from the POV of the oppressor/victim.

My first claim was that 'jaywalking' is a propagandist term that actively harms every subsequent part of the conversation. It's a slur ('jay'), and supports a narrative supporting, basically, vehicular homicide.



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