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you mean as long as people let themselves be ruled by their egos and make distinctions among themselves?
i think as long as the nation-state monopolizes violence in the name of certain class interests, is incapable of resolving the tensions that lead to downpression. In fact, it is actually responsible for those conditions - poverty, racism, ignorance
Jesus shows us that it is possible for people to come together to pursue a collective self-interest instead of dividing people along class lines and making them kill each other for scarce resources.
but as long as people have the free choice to pursue evil and wickedness, then they will. christians are called to practice nonviolence, noncooperation and noncompliance in the face of that evil. not to return evil for evil, but to overcome evil by good.
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