Comment on Justice should be equal

random_character_a@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• dogsoahC@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  So… in Finland “democracy” and “violence” are the same thing? xD

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• IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Väki also means (or at least used to) ‘power’ or ‘strong’ (väkivahva, väkijuoma…) and that’s also where the etymology for ‘väkivalta’ comes from. So it’s got nothing to do with people.

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  • random_character_a@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This is true.

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  • barsoap@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Valta also sounds like a Germanic loan just a second… yep. Same root as German “Gewalt”, violence, “walten”, to rule, preside, also English wield.

    What’s it with Finnish. One third borrowed from Estonian, another third from the Swedes, the rest from the Sami.

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    • random_character_a@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yes. We are a mushroom people that suddenly popped in to existence and had to borrow some stuff.

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