- cross-posted to:
- thisisnotmylife@lemm.ee
- cross-posted to:
- thisisnotmylife@lemm.ee
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/50439521
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/33851469
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/50439521
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/33851469
An interesting factoid. In Finnish language “väkivalta” means violence. It is a combination word:
väki = people, crowd, folk
valta = power, reign
So… in Finland “democracy” and “violence” are the same thing? xD
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.
This is true.