Controlling effective forms of violence seems to be what power is, in terms of civilisations and society.
Tokens/money/valuables are good for bribing violent people to help you out.
Ideally the government is supposed to have the monopoly on violence in your local area, you pay for police protection.
In reality though, unless you can pay for your own devices, highs walls, metal gates and your own land you're pretty much at the mercy of whoever are the most violent locals.
Tokens/money/valuables are good for bribing violent people to help you out.
Ideally the government is supposed to have the monopoly on violence in your local area, you pay for police protection.
In reality though, unless you can pay for your own devices, highs walls, metal gates and your own land you're pretty much at the mercy of whoever are the most violent locals.
Are you ready for the fire? We are firemen. WE ARE FIREMEN! The heat doesn’t bother us. We live in the heat. We train in the heat. It tells us that we’re ready, we’re at home, we’re where we’re supposed to be. Flames don’t intimidate us. What do we do? We control the flame. We control them. We move the flames where we want to. And then we extinguish them.
Impersonation is treason.
