On Violence (Hannah Arendt, 1970) [S1076–S1085]
Theme: Foundations · 40 sentences.
ANV-001 · On Violence (Hannah Arendt, 1970) [S1076–S1085]
S1076 Power and violence are mutually exclusive opposites
S1077 Violence is always instrumental; it requires external justification
S1078 Power needs no justification — it springs from its own origin
S1079 Violence can destroy power but cannot create it
S1080 Bureaucracy — rule by nobody — is the condition of maximum violence
S1081 Where violence is absolute, power has vanished
S1082 Rage is not irrational — it perceives injustice
S1083 Weapons multiply violence, not power
S1084 Authority is neither power nor violence
S1085 Violent means destroy political ends
ANV-002 · On Violence (Hannah Arendt, 1970) — continued [S1086–S1091]
S1086 Power is, by definition, acting together
S1087 When collective action breaks down, power vanishes
S1088 When power decays, violence appears
S1089 Where violence appears, authority has already failed
S1090 Violence can bring victory, but it cannot govern
S1091 Tyranny is violent, but it lacks collective power
ANV-003 · On Violence (Hannah Arendt, 1970) — continued [S1092–S1097]
S1092 Power is not individual strength
S1093 Power depends on consent, not weapons
S1094 When consent decays, power decays
S1095 Tyranny depends on weapons, not consent
S1096 Violence can impose rule, but it cannot create authority
S1097 Power belongs to the people together, not to one person
ANV-004 · On Violence (Hannah Arendt, 1970) — continued [S1098–S1103]
S1098 Authority needs no violence
S1099 When authority fails, decrees require violence
S1100 Where consent remains, decrees need no violence
S1101 Violence can impose decrees, but it cannot create consent
S1102 Bureaucracy multiplies decrees, not power
S1103 Governance that requires violence is already failing
ANV-005 · On Violence (Hannah Arendt, 1970) — continued [S1104–S1109]
S1104 Where authority remains, the people act willingly
S1105 Where violence rules, the people act under imposition
S1106 Imposed action is not consent
S1107 At the extreme, power is all against one
S1108 At the extreme, violence is one against all
S1109 Where one stands against all by violence, power has vanished
ANV-006 · On Violence (Hannah Arendt, 1970) — continued [S1110–S1115]
S1110 Violence may be justified
S1111 Violence never legitimates itself
S1112 Where life is in danger, violence can be justified
S1113 Where no life is in danger, violence lacks that justification
S1114 Terror begins where power has disappeared
S1115 Terror is violence, not power
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