There is no monopoly on violence because the state is non monolithic, and because much of the violence is outsourced to subcontractors with limited oversight.

There is no monopoly on violence because the state is non monolithic, and because much of the violence is outsourced to subcontractors with limited oversight. More importantly, monopoly on violence by the state is only good if the control of the state is distributed democratically to all affected by it, ie, if the control over violence is redistributed to all people equally. If violence is held in a monopoly by a small group of individuals for their personal benefit... then civil war is a better option. And corporations are structurrd exactly like that sort of despotism.