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> The state having a monopoly on violence is a key part of libertarian thinking, in fact. Don’t libertarians usually want less gun control?
by lostlogin 3y ago
> The state having a monopoly on violence is a key part of libertarian thinking, in fact.
Don’t libertarians usually want less gun control?
- nvm0n2 3y agoAmerican libertarians do, not those everywhere. In the US they square it by saying that guns are a bulwark against the state going rogue and turning its own weapons on its citizens, but that in normal times (outside of civil war) guns are only meant for things like self defense in cases where the police can't get there in time, or hunting. I think if you want to argue hypocrisy that's still a better place to start than with being an FBI informant, but the article isn't about gun control.
- lostlogin 3y agoThanks - and obviously it’s a hot topic. I wasn’t looking to go down that track so much as query the ‘monopoly on violence’ thing. I didn’t know this was a libertarian view, and assumed a broad ‘self-defence’ belief.
- justincredible 3y ago[dead]