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The state doesn't have to have a monopoly on violence; as the use of private military contractors has proven.

• Chaebixi 8y ago
  > The state doesn't have to have a monopoly on violence; as the use of private military contractors has proven. I don't think you know what the "[state] monopoly on violence" means. It does not mean all people authorized to use force are directly on the government payroll.
  • fjsolwmv 8y ago
    Rectang misused it first, by claiming "encouraging a marketplace of competing militia would not a viable approach. " Even though mercenary corporations are in fact competing militia.
    • rectang 8y ago
      Whatever large portion of the military we are not comfortable contracting out is going to continue missing out on the efficiencies induced by marketplace competition.