(September 6, 2023 at 9:03 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: military is a subset of the political. furthermore, what seems to some or to one side to be political in the civil sense can be regarded as military by others or the other side. the government vs armed insurgency for example.
There's a simple difference: military action is predicated on violence. Civil discourse is not, typically. Unless you want to emulate Sudan or Syria.
