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OK, can we stop randomly redefining "violence" to be whatever we do not like?
We already have a word that perfectly fits here: Exploitation
Knock it off. Thanks.
Violence isn't always physical.
That's the common definition. In which case would violence not entail a physical action?
Where is this idea coming from that violence isn't physical?
Mental or psychological violence isn't physical. Economic violence isn't physical, verbal abuse isn't physical.
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines violence as "the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, which either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment, or deprivation"
Withholding basic stuffs like housing through state violence is definitely a form of violence
This isn't redefining anything, violence takes many forms, not just broken glass. There's mental violence, economic, sociological, cultural, verbal.
OK, can you give me the definition of violence that you use? Because the common one is:
You remind me of my Christian parents who redefined "religious" to mean "following the laws of the Bible", which they claim they don't because they follow Jesus instead, so my Christian parents now claim not to be religious, even though the common definition is "relating to or believing in a religion." - simple as that. It feels really silly to do that. Cult-ish, even.
What displayed here is a form of economic violence. It looks like you asked for a definition of violence instead of searching for types of violence.