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Yeah, they misquoted the original phrase. It's supposed to be monopoly on _legitimate_ violence. Which is why organized crime and vigilantism are generally so
by Kamq 3y ago
Yeah, they misquoted the original phrase.
It's supposed to be monopoly on _legitimate_ violence.
Which is why organized crime and vigilantism are generally so much higher up on a government's priority list than single acts of violence. They represent legitimate threats to the government.
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- pessimizer 3y agoThey represent subgovernments. All governments are overgrown street gangs. Royalty in Europe are the descendants of Roman generals who divided up the land between them after Rome fell.
- Kamq 3y agoI've always conceptualized them as competing governments personally (or, possibly, potential governments), not subgovernments myself.