Saying &quot;Reality does work&quot; is tautological. Has reality ever not worked? Look we get it. You think you&#x27;re right and everyone else is wrong. But your verbosity is only impressive to yourself.<p>&gt; It may feel &quot;wrong&quot; or &quot;bad&quot;, the fact that the state maintains absolute control, but it&#x27;s true<p>Again, tautological. The &quot;state&quot; by definition is a monopoly on violence. Of course it&#x27;s true the state maintains control. It&#x27;s true by definition.<p>Look at Mexico where the &quot;official&quot; government is guided by the threat of violence from local cartels. If the cartel is in control of the &quot;government&quot;, then the state is still in control. But the state is the cartel.<p>&gt; The state gives you many ways to move through its control, and is generally benevolent, but not because it has to be.<p>Edit: Removed unnecessary personal attack. My apologies. This discussion isn&#x27;t very HN related so I&#x27;ll discontinue.