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The government actually doesn't have a monopoly on violence/force: self-defense and citizen's arrest are counterexamples.
by pwpwp 16y ago
The government actually doesn't have a monopoly on violence/force: self-defense and citizen's arrest are counterexamples.
- ugh 16y agoBoth self defense and citizen’s arrest have very strict limits and are consequently rarely used. The government has a practical monopoly on violence. It’s certainly closer to the truth to say that the government has a monopoly on violence than to say that the government doesn’t have one.