Maybe force in the sense of legal force, in some cases, or social pressure; don't recast everything as physical force.
I'm trying very hard not to get too philosophical because the other posters hate it. I'm also trying to not reply to everything for the same reasons.
I'm not really advocating incivility per se. My stance is more that people make it out to be way more big a deal than it is. Pretty much all complaints about civility are stupid hypocritical bull****. I hate the whole subject and wish people could stop with this meta-level stupid b.s.
Unless you have good ideas for how to actually improve civility and also fix political problems, maybe you should also stop being so preachy towards other people about how they choose to participate in politics.
You've pulled this strawman a few times already. When I advocate for something someone doesn't like, their first move is to claim I'm speaking about something legally. I'm not talking about the legal system. Think of it this way: if a guy who lives on your street sexually harassed your wife when she was walking home, you would be somewhat justified in kicking his ass for doing it. It certainly wouldn't be legal, moreover I wouldn't
want it to be legal, but I don't think it would be an immoral thing to do so. There's a gap between what's moral and what should be legislated. I feel the same about punching people who are advocating racial violence.
Not everything someone advocates must become law. Get that through your head so you can stop using this strawman argument.
Why should people be nice to their boss? I think that's stupid. In fact, I think that's morally repugnant. The same argument molds perfectly into someone saying slaves should act civilly towards their masters. When there's real inequality, forcing people to be polite is a moral bad.
Organized protest. Wildcat strikes. Shutting down the buildings of people who hold political and social power, like Occupy Wall Street. Things like that.
None of that will do a single thing. Yes, uncivil action will be far more productive. The wealthy doesn't care about online campaigns, but they ****ing panicked about Occupy Wall Street. Because OWS was actually threatening, which meant it was tangible political pressure.
Basically everything you're saying is perfectly mocked by this tweet: