>>23347650
>I dont think you really understand what Im getting at.
I do understand it, but I reject it. The man whose arms and legs and eyes are all bound can still retreat into his imagination. There are no circumstances in which a man has NO control over his actions. Even if you significantly restrict those options, "infinity" is a fucking huge concept, beyond most human comprehension. Choices may not be ideal or desirable but they are still valid choices that exist.
>You make it sound like the warmonger only allows the peacemaker to exist when he could destroy him
And this is correct. The holder of "greatest violence" allows the worlds of all holders of "inferior violence," but only so long as it is convenient to him.
>our histories
Interesting word choice ("our" feels very "western liberal"), since I think you'd struggle to find any period in human history wherein no one was fighting anywhere on earth. Someone is always fighting somewhere.
>>23347664
>Why do I have to care that the barbarian exists
You don't have to care and I haven't said that you do. But if he decides that you are no longer worth allowing to exist, you will then either start caring, or you will die before you have a chance to do so.
>Even caveman banded together
Yes, and those bands of cavemen killed other bands of cavemen.
The waltz is ENDLESS.