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On Violence (Hannah Arendt, 1970) [S1076–S1085]

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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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