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Yet in international relations there is no monopoly on violence. So maybe it isn't a law of physics?
by em3rgent0rdr 8y ago
Yet in international relations there is no monopoly on violence. So maybe it isn't a law of physics?
- SigmundA 8y ago"However, this monopoly is limited to a certain geographical area, and in fact this limitation to a particular area is one of the things that defines a state." International relations is a manifestation of multiple monopolies on violence in different geographic areas interacting. They either find some sort of equilibrium for a period of time or they war and new boundaries are defined. The law of physics statement was hyperbole, but my point is anarchy doesn't last, it is quickly replaced with a monopoly of violence, because it has to be.