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>"Just war" is a targeted, purposeful, organized thing, and it is not to be taken lightly. >Rioting is random destruction of fellow citizens' property or life
by tsol 5y ago
>"Just war" is a targeted, purposeful, organized thing, and it is not to be taken lightly.
>Rioting is random destruction of fellow citizens' property or life because of generalized hatred.
I'm not saying you're wrong per se, but making an observation; this means the state has a monopoly on violence, including on unjust violence(ex when individuals break the rules during just wars, which can be used as an excuse to allow unjust actions). I think there are some flaws to that argument, and following that logic to the beginning of America's independence leads one to view America as an unjust state
- brobdingnagians 5y agoI see what you mean; I badly worded that. I meant more that any group of individuals could get together to decide to wage war and that the state doesn't have a monopoly on violence per se.