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Just like governments have a monopoly on violence, they also (somewhat consequentially) have a monopoly on theft. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_on_vio
by kaffeemitsahne 9y ago
Just like governments have a monopoly on violence, they also (somewhat consequentially) have a monopoly on theft.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_on_violence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_on_violence
- beaconstudios 9y agobasing states' moral rights on the monopoly of violence (instead of secondary concerns like avoiding the tragedy of the commons and establishing a baseline living standard) opens the door to justifying pretty much any violent state action. Governments having a monopoly on violence means they technically have a monopoly on genocide too, but that doesn't mean it's morally acceptable.
- ThomPete 9y agoAnd just about any violent state action happens various places and nations get away with that all the time. A lot of people are confusing what reality is with how we want it to be.