“Politics can be defined as limited warfare. For example, you can see a democratic election as a form of civil war, in which both sides agree to settle the conflict by simply counting soldiers. While this is a long way from a war in which tank battles are legitimate but poison gas is not, the principle is the same, and no qualitative line can be drawn between the two.Yarvin, Curtis (June 19, 2007) “Friction in theory and practice.” Unqualified Reservations (blog).”